ILLITE is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. ILLITE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ILLITE?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ILLITE is to know. It scores 6 from 6 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 7.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ILLITE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ILLITE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in ILLITE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| i | 2 | 9 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 76,649.
What does ILLITE mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A clay mineral of the mica group, common in shales and fine sediments.
Illite forms mainly through the weathering of feldspar and mica-rich rocks and turns up as one of the most common clay minerals in mudstones and shales. Its layered structure resembles true mica, but unlike swelling clays such as smectite, illite does not expand when it absorbs water, which keeps soils containing it comparatively stable. Geologists and soil scientists use illite content to help judge how a sediment formed and how it will behave when wet. The name honours Illinois, the American state where the mineral was first described in the 1930s.
How ILLITE is used
A specialist term in geology and soil science, not used outside technical writing.
- The core sample showed layers rich in illite beneath the topsoil.
- Illite does not swell with water the way some other clay minerals do.
- Geologists tested the shale for its illite content.
- Illite belongs to the same mineral family as true mica.
- The report named illite as the dominant clay in the borehole.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ILLITE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ILLITE
8 longer words begin with ILLITE.
Shorter words from the letters in ILLITE
Common questions about ILLITE
- Is ILLITE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ILLITE, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ILLITE worth?
- ILLITE is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ILLITE mean?
- A clay mineral of the mica group, common in shales and fine sediments.
- What letters can be added to ILLITE?
- ILLITE takes 2 hooks: 1 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of ILLITE:
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