OPALESCENT is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. OPALESCENT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept OPALESCENT?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful OPALESCENT is to know. It scores 14 from 10 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for OPALESCENT
No single letter turns OPALESCENT into another word.
How OPALESCENT scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in OPALESCENT, 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 | 2 | 12 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so OPALESCENT has to be built on the board across turns.
What does OPALESCENT mean in Scrabble?
adjective
literary
Shining with a milky, shifting play of colours like an opal.
An opalescent surface seems lit from within, passing from pearly white to pale blue, pink and green as the angle changes. Writers use opalescent for seashells, soap bubbles and dawn skies. The word is softer and paler than iridescent.
How OPALESCENT is used
Descriptive and often literary; used for shells, glass, water and light.
- The opalescent glow of the shell shifted in the lamplight.
- An opalescent mist hung over the lake.
- She wore an opalescent gown that changed colour as she moved.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OPALESCENT and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with OPALESCENT
1 longer words begin with OPALESCENT.
Shorter words from the letters in OPALESCENT
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Common questions about OPALESCENT
- Is OPALESCENT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts OPALESCENT, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is OPALESCENT worth?
- OPALESCENT is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OPALESCENT mean?
- Shining with a milky, shifting play of colours like an opal.
- What letters can be added to OPALESCENT?
- No single letter can be added to OPALESCENT to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of OPALESCENT:
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