SCORIA is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. SCORIA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SCORIA?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SCORIA is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SCORIA
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How SCORIA scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in SCORIA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 38,325.
What does SCORIA mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
Dark, rough, bubble-filled volcanic rock formed when frothy lava cools, or the waste slag left from smelting metal.
Scoria is light and full of holes because gas bubbles were trapped as the lava hardened. Cinder cones are often built of it, and landscapers use the red or black pieces as a decorative mulch. In metalworking the same word names the glassy waste that floats on molten ore. It comes from a Greek word for refuse.
How SCORIA is used
Used in geology and in metallurgy; gardeners meet it as a bagged landscaping stone.
- The path was covered with red scoria from the nearby cone.
- A piece of scoria is light enough to float for a short while.
- Workers skimmed the scoria off the molten metal.
- The slope of the hill was loose scoria that slid underfoot.
- He kept a chunk of scoria on his desk as a souvenir of the volcano.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SCORIA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SCORIA
3 longer words begin with SCORIA.
Shorter words from the letters in SCORIA
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Common questions about SCORIA
- Is SCORIA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SCORIA, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SCORIA worth?
- SCORIA is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SCORIA mean?
- Dark, rough, bubble-filled volcanic rock formed when frothy lava cools, or the waste slag left from smelting metal.
- What letters can be added to SCORIA?
- SCORIA takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of SCORIA:
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