PERIDOTITE is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. PERIDOTITE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PERIDOTITE?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PERIDOTITE is to know. It scores 13 from 10 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PERIDOTITE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
peridotitesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PERIDOTITE scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in PERIDOTITE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so PERIDOTITE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does PERIDOTITE mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A dense, dark, coarse-grained igneous rock made mostly of olivine, believed to be the main material of the earth's upper mantle.
Peridotite reaches the surface only in special places, such as slices of ocean floor pushed onto land. Because it comes from deep below, geologists prize a peridotite sample as a window into the mantle.
How PERIDOTITE is used
Used in geology, where peridotite is named in studies of the mantle and of diamond-bearing rocks.
- Peridotite is thought to make up much of the upper mantle.
- The hikers found a green peridotite outcrop on the ridge.
- Researchers cut a thin slice of peridotite to study under a microscope.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PERIDOTITE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PERIDOTITE
1 longer words begin with PERIDOTITE.
Shorter words from the letters in PERIDOTITE
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Common questions about PERIDOTITE
- Is PERIDOTITE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PERIDOTITE, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PERIDOTITE worth?
- PERIDOTITE is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PERIDOTITE mean?
- A dense, dark, coarse-grained igneous rock made mostly of olivine, believed to be the main material of the earth's upper mantle.
- What letters can be added to PERIDOTITE?
- PERIDOTITE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of PERIDOTITE:
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