SAPONITE is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. SAPONITE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SAPONITE?
| 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: 42 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SAPONITE is to know. It scores 10 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SAPONITE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
saponitesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SAPONITE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in SAPONITE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SAPONITE has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about SAPONITE
- All 8 letters of SAPONITE are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does SAPONITE mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A soft, soapy-feeling clay mineral made of hydrous magnesium aluminium silicate.
Saponite forms in rock cavities and veins, often as a pale filling in serpentine or volcanic stone. Geologists group it with the smectite clays because it swells in water.
How SAPONITE is used
A mineralogy term for a soft magnesium clay.
- Pale saponite filled the cracks in the basalt.
- The sample of saponite felt greasy between the fingers.
- Saponite is one of the clay minerals in the cliff.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SAPONITE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SAPONITE
1 longer words begin with SAPONITE.
Shorter words from the letters in SAPONITE
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Common questions about SAPONITE
- Is SAPONITE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SAPONITE, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SAPONITE worth?
- SAPONITE is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SAPONITE mean?
- A soft, soapy-feeling clay mineral made of hydrous magnesium aluminium silicate.
- What letters can be added to SAPONITE?
- SAPONITE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of SAPONITE:
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