MONOCLINIC is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. MONOCLINIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 22 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MONOCLINIC?
| 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: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MONOCLINIC is to know. It scores 16 from 10 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MONOCLINIC
No single letter turns MONOCLINIC into another word.
How MONOCLINIC scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in MONOCLINIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| c | 2 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so MONOCLINIC has to be built on the board across turns.
What does MONOCLINIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Describing a crystal system with three unequal axes, two of which meet at an oblique angle.
Mineralogists sort crystals into a handful of systems, and monoclinic is one of them. Gypsum and many micas crystallise this way, so the term turns up in geology textbooks and identification guides.
How MONOCLINIC is used
Used in chemistry, mineralogy and crystallography to name a crystal structure, as in monoclinic crystals.
- Gypsum forms monoclinic crystals that can grow into long blades.
- The sample was identified as monoclinic by its X-ray pattern.
- A monoclinic lattice is more lopsided than a cubic one.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MONOCLINIC and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in MONOCLINIC
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Common questions about MONOCLINIC
- Is MONOCLINIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MONOCLINIC, where it scores 22 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MONOCLINIC worth?
- MONOCLINIC is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 22 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MONOCLINIC mean?
- Describing a crystal system with three unequal axes, two of which meet at an oblique angle.
- What letters can be added to MONOCLINIC?
- No single letter can be added to MONOCLINIC to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of MONOCLINIC:
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