HORNFELS is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. HORNFELS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HORNFELS?
| 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: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HORNFELS is to know. It scores 14 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HORNFELS
No single letter turns HORNFELS into another word.
How HORNFELS scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in HORNFELS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| f | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so HORNFELS has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about HORNFELS
- All 8 letters of HORNFELS are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does HORNFELS mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A hard, fine-grained rock formed when heat from molten rock bakes clay-rich stone.
Geologists find hornfels in a ring around old igneous intrusions, where the heat has changed the older rock. The name is German and means horn rock, after its tough, dull look.
How HORNFELS is used
A geology term, used in rock descriptions.
- The hillside was made of dark hornfels.
- Hornfels breaks into sharp, splintery pieces.
- The geologist took a sample of hornfels near the granite.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HORNFELS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with HORNFELS
1 longer words begin with HORNFELS.
Shorter words from the letters in HORNFELS
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Common questions about HORNFELS
- Is HORNFELS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HORNFELS, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HORNFELS worth?
- HORNFELS is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HORNFELS mean?
- A hard, fine-grained rock formed when heat from molten rock bakes clay-rich stone.
- What letters can be added to HORNFELS?
- No single letter can be added to HORNFELS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of HORNFELS:
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