HESSONITE is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. HESSONITE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HESSONITE?
| 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 HESSONITE is to know. It scores 12 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HESSONITE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
hessonitesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How HESSONITE scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in HESSONITE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so HESSONITE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does HESSONITE mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A yellow to orange-brown variety of garnet, valued as a gemstone.
Hessonite is also known as cinnamon stone because of its warm spicy colour. Jewellers prize clear specimens, and the stone is a form of calcium aluminium garnet.
How HESSONITE is used
You meet hessonite in gem catalogues, mineral collections and jewellery shops.
- The ring was set with a polished hessonite.
- Hessonite often shows small swirling inclusions.
- She collected hessonite from a riverbed in Sri Lanka.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HESSONITE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of HESSONITE
The 9 tiles of HESSONITE in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with HESSONITE
1 longer words begin with HESSONITE.
Shorter words from the letters in HESSONITE
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Common questions about HESSONITE
- Is HESSONITE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HESSONITE, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HESSONITE worth?
- HESSONITE is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HESSONITE mean?
- A yellow to orange-brown variety of garnet, valued as a gemstone.
- What letters can be added to HESSONITE?
- HESSONITE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of HESSONITE:
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