SELENITE is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. SELENITE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SELENITE?
| 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: 42 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SELENITE is to know. It scores 8 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 8.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SELENITE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
selenitesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SELENITE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in SELENITE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| e | 3 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SELENITE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does SELENITE mean in Scrabble?
noun
A clear, colourless form of gypsum, or a salt of selenious acid.
Selenite is the glassy crystalline gypsum that forms transparent plates and was once thought to shine like the moon, which is where the name comes from. In chemistry a selenite is instead a salt made from selenious acid.
How SELENITE is used
Selenite is used by mineral collectors and chemists for two unrelated things.
- She kept a slab of selenite on the shelf.
- Thin sheets of selenite were once used as window panes.
- The lab prepared sodium selenite as a nutrient supplement.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SELENITE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SELENITE
The 8 tiles of SELENITE in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with SELENITE
1 longer words begin with SELENITE.
Shorter words from the letters in SELENITE
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Common questions about SELENITE
- Is SELENITE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SELENITE, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SELENITE worth?
- SELENITE is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SELENITE mean?
- A clear, colourless form of gypsum, or a salt of selenious acid.
- What letters can be added to SELENITE?
- SELENITE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of SELENITE:
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