SCORIACEOUS is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. SCORIACEOUS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SCORIACEOUS?
| 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: 27 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SCORIACEOUS is to know. It scores 15 from 11 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SCORIACEOUS
No single letter turns SCORIACEOUS into another word.
How SCORIACEOUS scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in SCORIACEOUS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 2 | 4 |
| c | 2 | 2 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SCORIACEOUS has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about SCORIACEOUS
- SCORIACEOUS runs three vowels in a row, which almost no English word does.
- SCORIACEOUS begins and ends with the same letter.
- SCORIACEOUS contains every vowel — A, E, I, O and U.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does SCORIACEOUS mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Resembling scoria, the rough, frothy rock left by volcanoes, or the slag left by smelting.
Scoriaceous rock is full of holes where gas bubbled out as it cooled, making it dark and rough. Geologists use the word to describe both volcanic stone and metalworking waste.
How SCORIACEOUS is used
Technical vocabulary in geology and metallurgy, e.g. scoriaceous lava.
- The hillside was covered in dark, scoriaceous lava.
- A scoriaceous crust formed on top of the molten metal.
- He picked up a light, scoriaceous fragment near the crater.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SCORIACEOUS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in SCORIACEOUS
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Common questions about SCORIACEOUS
- Is SCORIACEOUS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SCORIACEOUS, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SCORIACEOUS worth?
- SCORIACEOUS is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SCORIACEOUS mean?
- Resembling scoria, the rough, frothy rock left by volcanoes, or the slag left by smelting.
- What letters can be added to SCORIACEOUS?
- No single letter can be added to SCORIACEOUS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of SCORIACEOUS:
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