PELITE is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. PELITE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PELITE?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PELITE is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PELITE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
pelitesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PELITE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in PELITE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 41,809.
What does PELITE mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A fine-grained sedimentary rock formed from consolidated clay or mud.
Pelite describes rock made of particles so small that individual grains cannot be seen without magnification, unlike sandstone or conglomerate, which are built from coarser fragments. Shale and mudstone are common examples of pelite, formed when layers of clay and silt are compressed over long periods of geological time. Geologists use the term to group these fine sediments together by texture rather than by mineral content specifically. The word comes from the Greek pelos, meaning mud or clay.
How PELITE is used
Technical; used mainly in geology when classifying sedimentary and metamorphic rocks by grain size.
- The quarry exposed a thick band of grey pelite beneath the sandstone.
- Geologists classified the sample as a pelite rather than a coarser rock.
- Under the microscope, the pelite showed tightly packed clay particles.
- The old mudstone had metamorphosed into a harder pelite over millions of years.
- Their survey mapped where pelite gave way to sandier deposits.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PELITE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PELITE
1 longer words begin with PELITE.
Shorter words from the letters in PELITE
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Common questions about PELITE
- Is PELITE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PELITE, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PELITE worth?
- PELITE is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PELITE mean?
- A fine-grained sedimentary rock formed from consolidated clay or mud.
- What letters can be added to PELITE?
- PELITE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of PELITE:
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