SAPROLITE is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. SAPROLITE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SAPROLITE?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SAPROLITE is to know. It scores 11 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SAPROLITE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
saprolitesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SAPROLITE scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in SAPROLITE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SAPROLITE has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about SAPROLITE
- All 9 letters of SAPROLITE are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does SAPROLITE mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A soft, crumbly, chemically rotted rock that still sits where the original bedrock once stood.
Geologists meet saprolite when they dig through the weathered layer under soil in warm, wet regions. It keeps the structure of the parent rock but crumbles in the hand, unlike solid bedrock below it.
How SAPROLITE is used
Used in geology and soil science for deeply weathered rock left in place.
- The road cutting exposed a thick band of saprolite above the granite.
- Roots can push several metres down into saprolite in tropical hills.
- Engineers worried that the saprolite beneath the site would slump after heavy rain.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SAPROLITE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SAPROLITE
The 9 tiles of SAPROLITE in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with SAPROLITE
1 longer words begin with SAPROLITE.
Shorter words from the letters in SAPROLITE
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Common questions about SAPROLITE
- Is SAPROLITE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SAPROLITE, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SAPROLITE worth?
- SAPROLITE is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SAPROLITE mean?
- A soft, crumbly, chemically rotted rock that still sits where the original bedrock once stood.
- What letters can be added to SAPROLITE?
- SAPROLITE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of SAPROLITE:
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