LOESS is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. LOESS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 6 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept LOESS?
| 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: 25 / 100
Our own measure of how useful LOESS is to know. It scores 5 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for LOESS
No single letter turns LOESS into another word.
How LOESS scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in LOESS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| l | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 32,677.
What stands out about LOESS
- The same 5 tiles also spell 3 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does LOESS mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A pale yellowish-brown, loamy soil or sediment made mostly of fine, wind-blown silt, found in thick deposits across parts of Asia, Europe and North America.
Loess forms when strong winds carry fine dust from deserts, glacial outwash plains or dry riverbeds and drop it in layers over long periods of time, sometimes building deposits many meters thick. Because loess is loose and fertile, regions covered by it, such as parts of China and the American Midwest, often become highly productive farmland. Geologists study layers of loess to reconstruct past climates and wind patterns.
How LOESS is used
A term used mainly in geology, soil science and discussions of agricultural land, not in everyday speech.
- Thick beds of loess cover much of the Chinese Loess Plateau.
- Farmers prize loess soil for its fertility and easy tilling.
- Wind carried fine loess dust across the dry outwash plain.
- The road cut exposed several distinct layers of loess.
- Geologists dated the loess to the last ice age.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of LOESS and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of LOESS
The 5 tiles of LOESS in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with LOESS
4 longer words begin with LOESS.
Shorter words from the letters in LOESS
Common questions about LOESS
- Is LOESS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts LOESS, where it scores 6 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is LOESS worth?
- LOESS is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does LOESS mean?
- A pale yellowish-brown, loamy soil or sediment made mostly of fine, wind-blown silt, found in thick deposits across parts of Asia, Europe and North America.
- What letters can be added to LOESS?
- No single letter can be added to LOESS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of LOESS:
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