LITHOSOL is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. LITHOSOL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept LITHOSOL?
| 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: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful LITHOSOL is to know. It scores 11 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for LITHOSOL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
lithosolsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How LITHOSOL scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in LITHOSOL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| l | 2 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so LITHOSOL has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about LITHOSOL
- LITHOSOL begins and ends with the same letter.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does LITHOSOL mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A thin soil made mostly of unweathered or partly weathered rock fragments.
A lithosol forms on steep slopes and bare ridges where erosion strips the earth away as fast as it forms. Soil scientists treat it as an undeveloped type with no clear layers.
How LITHOSOL is used
Lithosol is a soil-science term and rarely appears outside specialist texts.
- The ridge was covered by a stony lithosol.
- Only hardy shrubs grow in lithosol.
- The survey mapped a lithosol on every steep hillside.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of LITHOSOL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with LITHOSOL
1 longer words begin with LITHOSOL.
Shorter words from the letters in LITHOSOL
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Common questions about LITHOSOL
- Is LITHOSOL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts LITHOSOL, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is LITHOSOL worth?
- LITHOSOL is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does LITHOSOL mean?
- A thin soil made mostly of unweathered or partly weathered rock fragments.
- What letters can be added to LITHOSOL?
- LITHOSOL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of LITHOSOL:
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