OPALESCENCE is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. OPALESCENCE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 22 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept OPALESCENCE?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful OPALESCENCE is to know. It scores 17 from 11 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for OPALESCENCE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
opalescencesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How OPALESCENCE scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in OPALESCENCE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 1 | 8 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 3 | 12 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| c | 2 | 2 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so OPALESCENCE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does OPALESCENCE mean in Scrabble?
noun
A soft, milky shimmer of shifting colours, like that seen in an opal.
Opalescence turns up in descriptions of gems, pearls, soap bubbles and moonlit water. It suggests a pale glow with hints of pink, green and blue that change as the viewer moves. Writers favour it for anything delicately luminous.
How OPALESCENCE is used
Opalescence is used in descriptions of gemstones, glass and light, often in a poetic way.
- The opalescence of the shell caught the lamplight.
- Fine glass can show a faint opalescence in sunlight.
- A pearly opalescence floated over the lake at dawn.
- Jewellers prize the opalescence of a good moonstone.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OPALESCENCE and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with OPALESCENCE
1 longer words begin with OPALESCENCE.
Shorter words from the letters in OPALESCENCE
Showing 40 of 507. See all in the Word Finder
Common questions about OPALESCENCE
- Is OPALESCENCE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts OPALESCENCE, where it scores 22 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is OPALESCENCE worth?
- OPALESCENCE is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 22 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OPALESCENCE mean?
- A soft, milky shimmer of shifting colours, like that seen in an opal.
- What letters can be added to OPALESCENCE?
- OPALESCENCE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of OPALESCENCE:
Open OPALESCENCE in the Word Finder