NEPHELINIC is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. NEPHELINIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 21 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept NEPHELINIC?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful NEPHELINIC is to know. It scores 17 from 10 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for NEPHELINIC
No single letter turns NEPHELINIC into another word.
How NEPHELINIC scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in NEPHELINIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| n | 2 | 6 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so NEPHELINIC has to be built on the board across turns.
What does NEPHELINIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Relating to or containing nepheline, a glassy mineral found in igneous rocks.
Geologists call a rock nephelinic when nepheline forms a notable part of it. The term turns up in descriptions of volcanic rocks poor in silica.
How NEPHELINIC is used
A rare geological term, found in petrology texts.
- The survey recorded a nephelinic syenite on the ridge.
- The nephelinic rock had a greasy, glassy look.
- Samples from the volcano proved to be nephelinic.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of NEPHELINIC and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in NEPHELINIC
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Common questions about NEPHELINIC
- Is NEPHELINIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts NEPHELINIC, where it scores 21 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is NEPHELINIC worth?
- NEPHELINIC is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 21 points in Words with Friends.
- What does NEPHELINIC mean?
- Relating to or containing nepheline, a glassy mineral found in igneous rocks.
- What letters can be added to NEPHELINIC?
- No single letter can be added to NEPHELINIC to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of NEPHELINIC:
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