KILOGAUSS is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. KILOGAUSS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept KILOGAUSS?
| 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: 26 / 100
Our own measure of how useful KILOGAUSS is to know. It scores 14 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for KILOGAUSS
No single letter turns KILOGAUSS into another word.
How KILOGAUSS scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in KILOGAUSS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| k | 1 | 1 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so KILOGAUSS has to be built on the board across turns.
What does KILOGAUSS mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A unit of magnetic flux density equal to one thousand gauss.
Physicists used the kilogauss to describe strong magnets before the tesla became standard. One kilogauss equals one tenth of a tesla.
How KILOGAUSS is used
Mostly in older physics texts.
- The magnet produced a field of ten kilogauss.
- A kilogauss is a tenth of a tesla.
- The older manual lists the field in kilogauss.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of KILOGAUSS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with KILOGAUSS
1 longer words begin with KILOGAUSS.
Shorter words from the letters in KILOGAUSS
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Common questions about KILOGAUSS
- Is KILOGAUSS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts KILOGAUSS, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is KILOGAUSS worth?
- KILOGAUSS is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does KILOGAUSS mean?
- A unit of magnetic flux density equal to one thousand gauss.
- What letters can be added to KILOGAUSS?
- No single letter can be added to KILOGAUSS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of KILOGAUSS:
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