HELIOMETRIC is a valid Scrabble word — 18 points
Yes. HELIOMETRIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 18 points in Scrabble and 20 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HELIOMETRIC?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HELIOMETRIC is to know. It scores 18 from 11 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HELIOMETRIC
No single letter turns HELIOMETRIC into another word.
How HELIOMETRIC scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in HELIOMETRIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so HELIOMETRIC has to be built on the board across turns.
What does HELIOMETRIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Relating to the heliometer or to measurement made with it, a telescope used to find small angles between celestial bodies.
Nineteenth-century astronomers made heliometric measurements to find the distance to nearby stars. The instrument has a split lens that lets two images be brought together for precise comparison.
How HELIOMETRIC is used
Rare technical term from the history of astronomy.
- Bessel's heliometric observations gave the first reliable star distance.
- The observatory kept a heliometric record of the sun's apparent diameter.
- Heliometric methods were later replaced by photography.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HELIOMETRIC and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with HELIOMETRIC
2 longer words begin with HELIOMETRIC.
Shorter words from the letters in HELIOMETRIC
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Common questions about HELIOMETRIC
- Is HELIOMETRIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HELIOMETRIC, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HELIOMETRIC worth?
- HELIOMETRIC is worth 18 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HELIOMETRIC mean?
- Relating to the heliometer or to measurement made with it, a telescope used to find small angles between celestial bodies.
- What letters can be added to HELIOMETRIC?
- No single letter can be added to HELIOMETRIC to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of HELIOMETRIC:
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