SEXTILE is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. SEXTILE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SEXTILE?
| 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: 58 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SEXTILE is to know. It scores 14 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SEXTILE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
sextilesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SEXTILE scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in SEXTILE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| x | 1 | 1 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 280,716.
What does SEXTILE mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
The position of two planets sixty degrees apart in the sky, a sixth of a circle.
Sextile is chiefly an astrological and old astronomical term. Astrologers treat it as a mildly helpful aspect between two planets. In statistics the same word can mean one of six equal groups of a distribution.
How SEXTILE is used
Sextile is used in astrology, historical astronomy and occasionally in statistics.
- Mars formed a sextile with Venus that week.
- The chart marks each sextile with a small symbol.
- An old almanac listed the sextile of the two planets.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SEXTILE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SEXTILE
1 longer words begin with SEXTILE.
Shorter words from the letters in SEXTILE
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Common questions about SEXTILE
- Is SEXTILE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SEXTILE, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SEXTILE worth?
- SEXTILE is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SEXTILE mean?
- The position of two planets sixty degrees apart in the sky, a sixth of a circle.
- What letters can be added to SEXTILE?
- SEXTILE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of SEXTILE:
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