SEMIMETAL is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. SEMIMETAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SEMIMETAL?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SEMIMETAL is to know. It scores 13 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SEMIMETAL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
semimetalsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SEMIMETAL scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in SEMIMETAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| m | 2 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SEMIMETAL has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about SEMIMETAL
- The same 9 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does SEMIMETAL mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
An element whose properties lie between those of a true metal and a nonmetal.
Arsenic, antimony and bismuth are the usual examples. In physics the term also covers materials where the energy bands barely overlap, giving a semimetal poor but real conductivity.
How SEMIMETAL is used
Used in chemistry and solid-state physics, often in lists with metalloid.
- Bismuth is a classic semimetal with unusually low conductivity.
- Researchers studied how a semimetal behaves at low temperatures.
- Graphite is sometimes described as a semimetal.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SEMIMETAL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SEMIMETAL
The 9 tiles of SEMIMETAL in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with SEMIMETAL
2 longer words begin with SEMIMETAL.
Shorter words from the letters in SEMIMETAL
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Common questions about SEMIMETAL
- Is SEMIMETAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SEMIMETAL, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SEMIMETAL worth?
- SEMIMETAL is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SEMIMETAL mean?
- An element whose properties lie between those of a true metal and a nonmetal.
- What letters can be added to SEMIMETAL?
- SEMIMETAL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of SEMIMETAL:
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