NOVACULITE is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. NOVACULITE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 20 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept NOVACULITE?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful NOVACULITE is to know. It scores 15 from 10 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for NOVACULITE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
novaculitesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How NOVACULITE scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in NOVACULITE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| n | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so NOVACULITE has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about NOVACULITE
- All 10 letters of NOVACULITE are different — nothing repeats.
- NOVACULITE contains every vowel — A, E, I, O and U.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does NOVACULITE mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A very hard, fine-grained siliceous rock used to make whetstones.
Novaculite is a geological term for a dense stone resembling chert. Craftsmen have prized it for centuries because it gives knives and razors a keen edge, and quarries in Arkansas are well known for it.
How NOVACULITE is used
Used in geology and in talk about sharpening stones, as in a novaculite hone.
- The knife was sharpened on a block of novaculite.
- Novaculite forms from ancient deposits of silica.
- Quarrymen cut novaculite from the hillside.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of NOVACULITE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with NOVACULITE
1 longer words begin with NOVACULITE.
Shorter words from the letters in NOVACULITE
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Common questions about NOVACULITE
- Is NOVACULITE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts NOVACULITE, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is NOVACULITE worth?
- NOVACULITE is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does NOVACULITE mean?
- A very hard, fine-grained siliceous rock used to make whetstones.
- What letters can be added to NOVACULITE?
- NOVACULITE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of NOVACULITE:
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