SEXTILLION is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. SEXTILLION is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 20 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SEXTILLION?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SEXTILLION is to know. It scores 17 from 10 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SEXTILLION
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
sextillionsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SEXTILLION scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in SEXTILLION, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| x | 1 | 1 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SEXTILLION has to be built on the board across turns.
What does SEXTILLION mean in Scrabble?
noun
The number 1 followed by twenty-one zeros, a thousand raised to the seventh power.
A sextillion is far too large to picture; scientists use it when counting atoms or stars. In older British usage the word meant a far bigger number, a million raised to the sixth power.
How SEXTILLION is used
Sextillion is used in science writing, often as 10 to the power of 21.
- There are roughly a sextillion grains of sand on the Earth's beaches by one estimate.
- A sextillion is written with twenty-one zeros.
- The galaxy holds many billions of stars, not a sextillion.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SEXTILLION and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SEXTILLION
3 longer words begin with SEXTILLION.
Shorter words from the letters in SEXTILLION
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Common questions about SEXTILLION
- Is SEXTILLION valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SEXTILLION, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SEXTILLION worth?
- SEXTILLION is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SEXTILLION mean?
- The number 1 followed by twenty-one zeros, a thousand raised to the seventh power.
- What letters can be added to SEXTILLION?
- SEXTILLION takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of SEXTILLION:
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