SAPPHIRINE is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. SAPPHIRINE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SAPPHIRINE?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SAPPHIRINE is to know. It scores 17 from 10 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SAPPHIRINE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
sapphirinesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SAPPHIRINE scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in SAPPHIRINE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| p | 2 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SAPPHIRINE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does SAPPHIRINE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
literary
Made of, containing or resembling sapphire, especially in its deep blue colour.
Poets reach for sapphirine to paint seas and skies in rich blue. Geologists use the same word, also as a noun, for a rare pale blue mineral made of magnesium and aluminium silicate.
How SAPPHIRINE is used
Literary and technical; rarely heard in everyday speech.
- The sapphirine waters of the bay glittered in the sun.
- A sapphirine glow filled the evening sky.
- The rock sample contained grains of sapphirine.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SAPPHIRINE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SAPPHIRINE
1 longer words begin with SAPPHIRINE.
Shorter words from the letters in SAPPHIRINE
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Common questions about SAPPHIRINE
- Is SAPPHIRINE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SAPPHIRINE, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SAPPHIRINE worth?
- SAPPHIRINE is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SAPPHIRINE mean?
- Made of, containing or resembling sapphire, especially in its deep blue colour.
- What letters can be added to SAPPHIRINE?
- SAPPHIRINE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of SAPPHIRINE:
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