MYLONITE is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. MYLONITE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MYLONITE?
| 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: 43 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MYLONITE is to know. It scores 13 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MYLONITE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
mylonitesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How MYLONITE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in MYLONITE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so MYLONITE has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about MYLONITE
- All 8 letters of MYLONITE are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does MYLONITE mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A fine-grained, often banded metamorphic rock formed when other rock is crushed and ground along a fault.
Geologists read mylonite as a record of intense shearing deep in the crust. A mylonite often looks streaky, with thin bands marking the direction in which the rock was dragged. Finding mylonite in a cliff tells you a major fault once ran there.
How MYLONITE is used
The word mylonite is used in geology, particularly in studies of faults and mountain building.
- The geologist photographed a band of mylonite along the fault.
- Mylonite forms where rock is ground under great pressure.
- The streaky mylonite split easily into slabs.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MYLONITE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with MYLONITE
1 longer words begin with MYLONITE.
Shorter words from the letters in MYLONITE
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Common questions about MYLONITE
- Is MYLONITE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MYLONITE, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MYLONITE worth?
- MYLONITE is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MYLONITE mean?
- A fine-grained, often banded metamorphic rock formed when other rock is crushed and ground along a fault.
- What letters can be added to MYLONITE?
- MYLONITE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of MYLONITE:
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