SIAL is a valid Scrabble word — 4 points
Yes. SIAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 4 points in Scrabble and 5 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SIAL?
| 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: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SIAL is to know. It scores 4 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SIAL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
sialsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SIAL scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in SIAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 3,026.
What stands out about SIAL
- The same 4 tiles also spell 3 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 SIAL mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
The outer layer of the earth's continental crust, made up of rock rich in silica and aluminium.
Geologists divide the crust into layers by density and composition, and sial names the lighter, upper layer found under continents, as opposed to the denser sima beneath the ocean floor. The word blends si for silica and al for aluminium, the two elements that dominate its rock. It is a specialist term met mainly in geology textbooks rather than everyday speech.
How SIAL is used
Technical; used in geology to contrast the lighter continental crust with the denser oceanic sima.
- The continents rest on a layer of sial several kilometres thick.
- Granite is typical of the rock making up the sial.
- The sial is lighter than the sima that lies beneath the ocean floor.
- Geologists measure how the sial thins toward the edges of a continent.
- Mountain ranges form where sial is pushed upward and folded.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SIAL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SIAL
The 4 tiles of SIAL in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with SIAL
Showing 24 of 25 words that begin with SIAL.
Words ending in SIAL
Showing 24 of 28 words that end in SIAL. Useful as a back hook: play SIAL onto a word already on the board.
Words with SIAL inside
6 words contain SIAL in the middle. Words that start with SIAL are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in SIAL
Common questions about SIAL
- Is SIAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SIAL, where it scores 5 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SIAL worth?
- SIAL is worth 4 points in Scrabble and 5 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SIAL mean?
- The outer layer of the earth's continental crust, made up of rock rich in silica and aluminium.
- What letters can be added to SIAL?
- SIAL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of SIAL:
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