LITHIFY is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. LITHIFY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept LITHIFY?
| 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: 52 / 100
Our own measure of how useful LITHIFY is to know. It scores 16 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for LITHIFY
No single letter turns LITHIFY into another word.
How LITHIFY scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in LITHIFY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| f | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,316 thousand.
What does LITHIFY mean in Scrabble?
verb
technical
To turn loose sediment into solid rock through compaction and cementing.
Geologists say sand and mud lithify as layers pile up, squeezing out water and binding the grains with dissolved minerals. The result is sandstone or shale. The process takes thousands to millions of years.
How LITHIFY is used
Lithify is a geology term for sediment becoming rock.
- Over time the loose sand will lithify into sandstone.
- Mud on a sea floor can lithify under the weight of newer layers.
- Conditions must be right for fresh sediment to lithify.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of LITHIFY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with LITHIFY
1 longer words begin with LITHIFY.
Shorter words from the letters in LITHIFY
Common questions about LITHIFY
- Is LITHIFY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts LITHIFY, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is LITHIFY worth?
- LITHIFY is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does LITHIFY mean?
- To turn loose sediment into solid rock through compaction and cementing.
- What letters can be added to LITHIFY?
- No single letter can be added to LITHIFY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of LITHIFY:
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