PINITE is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. PINITE 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 PINITE?
| 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 PINITE is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PINITE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
pinitesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PINITE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in PINITE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 38,325.
What does PINITE mean in Scrabble?
noun
chemistry
A greyish-green or brownish mineral formed by the alteration of other silicate minerals such as cordierite.
Pinite is not a mineral species in its own right but a mixture that forms slowly as water and heat break down and replace an original crystal, so a chunk of pinite often keeps the outer shape of the mineral it once was. Collectors prize specimens where the original hexagonal cordierite outline is still visible in the altered, dull-coloured pinite. The same name has also been used historically for an unrelated sugar extracted from pine sap, which causes some confusion in older texts.
How PINITE is used
Technical; used in mineralogy and geology.
- The specimen showed pinite replacing the core of a cordierite crystal.
- Pinite has a dull, greenish-grey surface unlike its glassy parent mineral.
- Geologists traced the pinite deposit to a nearby weathered dike.
- A vein of pinite ran through the granite sample.
- Under the microscope, the pinite retained faint hexagonal outlines.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PINITE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of PINITE
The 6 tiles of PINITE in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with PINITE
1 longer words begin with PINITE.
Shorter words from the letters in PINITE
Common questions about PINITE
- Is PINITE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PINITE, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PINITE worth?
- PINITE is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PINITE mean?
- A greyish-green or brownish mineral formed by the alteration of other silicate minerals such as cordierite.
- What letters can be added to PINITE?
- PINITE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of PINITE:
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