HEMIHEDRAL is a valid Scrabble word — 19 points
Yes. HEMIHEDRAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 19 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HEMIHEDRAL?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HEMIHEDRAL is to know. It scores 19 from 10 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HEMIHEDRAL
No single letter turns HEMIHEDRAL into another word.
How HEMIHEDRAL scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in HEMIHEDRAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 2 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so HEMIHEDRAL has to be built on the board across turns.
What does HEMIHEDRAL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Describing a crystal that shows only half the faces its full symmetry would allow.
Mineralogists call such a crystal hemihedral when alternate faces are missing, as in certain forms of tourmaline. The idea helps explain why two crystals of one substance may look unlike.
How HEMIHEDRAL is used
Specialist term in crystallography and mineralogy.
- The crystal turned out to be hemihedral, with only half its faces.
- A hemihedral form of the cube has four faces missing.
- The textbook explained hemihedral symmetry with a diagram.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HEMIHEDRAL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in HEMIHEDRAL
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Common questions about HEMIHEDRAL
- Is HEMIHEDRAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HEMIHEDRAL, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HEMIHEDRAL worth?
- HEMIHEDRAL is worth 19 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HEMIHEDRAL mean?
- Describing a crystal that shows only half the faces its full symmetry would allow.
- What letters can be added to HEMIHEDRAL?
- No single letter can be added to HEMIHEDRAL to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of HEMIHEDRAL:
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