SECTILE is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. SECTILE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SECTILE?
| 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: 49 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SECTILE is to know. It scores 9 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SECTILE
No single letter turns SECTILE into another word.
How SECTILE scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in SECTILE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 140,358.
What does SECTILE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Able to be cut smoothly with a knife, said especially of minerals.
Mineralogists call a substance sectile when a blade slices it and leaves a clean surface, as happens with soft materials such as talc or gypsum. A brittle mineral that crumbles under the knife is the opposite case.
How SECTILE is used
Sectile is a rare technical word found mostly in mineralogy descriptions.
- Soft, waxy minerals are usually sectile.
- The guide listed the stone as sectile but not malleable.
- A sectile sample curled away under the blade.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SECTILE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in SECTILE
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Common questions about SECTILE
- Is SECTILE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SECTILE, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SECTILE worth?
- SECTILE is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SECTILE mean?
- Able to be cut smoothly with a knife, said especially of minerals.
- What letters can be added to SECTILE?
- No single letter can be added to SECTILE to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of SECTILE:
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