HALITE is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. HALITE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HALITE?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HALITE is to know. It scores 9 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HALITE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
halitesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How HALITE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in HALITE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 25,550.
What does HALITE mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
The mineral form of common salt, sodium chloride, found as clear or white cubic crystals.
Halite forms when salty water dries out, so thick beds of it lie under old seabeds and desert basins. Miners dig it as rock salt, and it can look glassy, white, pink or blue depending on what is mixed in. The name comes from Greek hals, meaning salt, the same root that gives halogen.
How HALITE is used
The standard term in geology and mineralogy for natural salt.
- The cave walls glittered with crystals of halite.
- Geologists found a thick layer of halite under the plain.
- Halite dissolves easily when water seeps through it.
- She held a cube of pink halite up to the light.
- The mine produces halite for road salt every winter.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HALITE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with HALITE
1 longer words begin with HALITE.
Shorter words from the letters in HALITE
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Common questions about HALITE
- Is HALITE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HALITE, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HALITE worth?
- HALITE is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HALITE mean?
- The mineral form of common salt, sodium chloride, found as clear or white cubic crystals.
- What letters can be added to HALITE?
- HALITE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of HALITE:
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