SILLIMANITE is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. SILLIMANITE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SILLIMANITE?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SILLIMANITE is to know. It scores 13 from 11 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SILLIMANITE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
sillimanitesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SILLIMANITE scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in SILLIMANITE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| i | 3 | 9 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SILLIMANITE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does SILLIMANITE mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A mineral made of aluminium silicate, usually found as fibrous or columnar masses in schist and gneiss.
Sillimanite forms under high heat and pressure, so geologists treat it as a marker of strongly altered rock. It is also used in heat-resistant ceramics and is sometimes cut as a gem.
How SILLIMANITE is used
Sillimanite is a geology and mineralogy term.
- The schist contained fine needles of sillimanite.
- Sillimanite appears when rock is heated to high temperatures.
- A sample of sillimanite was labelled on the museum shelf.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SILLIMANITE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SILLIMANITE
1 longer words begin with SILLIMANITE.
Shorter words from the letters in SILLIMANITE
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Common questions about SILLIMANITE
- Is SILLIMANITE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SILLIMANITE, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SILLIMANITE worth?
- SILLIMANITE is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SILLIMANITE mean?
- A mineral made of aluminium silicate, usually found as fibrous or columnar masses in schist and gneiss.
- What letters can be added to SILLIMANITE?
- SILLIMANITE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of SILLIMANITE:
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