POLARISCOPE is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. POLARISCOPE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 21 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept POLARISCOPE?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful POLARISCOPE is to know. It scores 17 from 11 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for POLARISCOPE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
polariscopesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How POLARISCOPE scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in POLARISCOPE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 2 | 2 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so POLARISCOPE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does POLARISCOPE mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
An optical instrument that uses polarized light to study the properties of a substance, such as stress or sugar content.
A polariscope sends light through a filter, then through the sample, then through a second filter. Glassmakers use a polariscope to spot hidden strain in a bottle, and chemists use one to test solutions.
How POLARISCOPE is used
Polariscope is found in laboratory, gem-testing and glass-industry contexts.
- The jeweller placed the stone under a polariscope to test it.
- Colourful bands in the polariscope revealed stress in the glass.
- An old brass polariscope stood on the laboratory shelf.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of POLARISCOPE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with POLARISCOPE
1 longer words begin with POLARISCOPE.
Shorter words from the letters in POLARISCOPE
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Common questions about POLARISCOPE
- Is POLARISCOPE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts POLARISCOPE, where it scores 21 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is POLARISCOPE worth?
- POLARISCOPE is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 21 points in Words with Friends.
- What does POLARISCOPE mean?
- An optical instrument that uses polarized light to study the properties of a substance, such as stress or sugar content.
- What letters can be added to POLARISCOPE?
- POLARISCOPE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of POLARISCOPE:
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