MELANITIC is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. MELANITIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MELANITIC?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MELANITIC is to know. It scores 13 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MELANITIC
No single letter turns MELANITIC into another word.
How MELANITIC scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in MELANITIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so MELANITIC has to be built on the board across turns.
What does MELANITIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Relating to melanite, a black form of garnet.
Mineral collectors meet the term melanitic in descriptions of dark garnet crystals and of rocks that contain them. Outside geology it almost never turns up.
How MELANITIC is used
Used only in mineralogy, mostly in catalogues and field descriptions.
- The melanitic garnets in the sample glittered like black glass.
- A melanitic crystal was found in the volcanic rock.
- The catalogue listed the stone as melanitic rather than red garnet.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MELANITIC and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of MELANITIC
The 9 tiles of MELANITIC in a different order — 1 found.
Shorter words from the letters in MELANITIC
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Common questions about MELANITIC
- Is MELANITIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MELANITIC, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MELANITIC worth?
- MELANITIC is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MELANITIC mean?
- Relating to melanite, a black form of garnet.
- What letters can be added to MELANITIC?
- No single letter can be added to MELANITIC to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of MELANITIC:
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