GRAVITON is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. GRAVITON is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept GRAVITON?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 42 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GRAVITON is to know. It scores 12 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GRAVITON
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
gravitonsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How GRAVITON scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in GRAVITON, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so GRAVITON has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about GRAVITON
- All 8 letters of GRAVITON are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does GRAVITON mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A hypothetical particle that would carry the force of gravity.
Physicists predict the graviton would be massless and travel at light speed, much as the photon carries electromagnetism, but no one has yet detected it. It is a key missing piece in attempts to unite gravity with quantum theory.
How GRAVITON is used
Graviton appears in theoretical physics and popular science writing.
- No experiment has yet observed a graviton.
- The graviton is the proposed carrier of gravity.
- Theories of quantum gravity rely on the graviton.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GRAVITON and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with GRAVITON
1 longer words begin with GRAVITON.
Shorter words from the letters in GRAVITON
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Common questions about GRAVITON
- Is GRAVITON valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GRAVITON, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GRAVITON worth?
- GRAVITON is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GRAVITON mean?
- A hypothetical particle that would carry the force of gravity.
- What letters can be added to GRAVITON?
- GRAVITON takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of GRAVITON:
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