SMALTITE is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. SMALTITE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SMALTITE?
| 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: 40 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SMALTITE is to know. It scores 10 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SMALTITE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
smaltitesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SMALTITE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in SMALTITE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SMALTITE has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about SMALTITE
- The same 8 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 SMALTITE mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A tin-white to grey metallic mineral made mainly of cobalt arsenide, often with nickel and iron.
Miners prize smaltite as an ore of cobalt, and its bright metallic lustre can make it look like silver at first glance. It tends to form cubic or octahedral crystals and is found in veins with other metal ores.
How SMALTITE is used
Smaltite is a mineralogy term found in geology texts and collectors' catalogues.
- The sample of smaltite glittered like pale steel.
- Cobalt was once extracted from smaltite in the old mines.
- A museum case displayed crystals of smaltite beside nickel ore.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SMALTITE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SMALTITE
The 8 tiles of SMALTITE in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with SMALTITE
1 longer words begin with SMALTITE.
Shorter words from the letters in SMALTITE
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Common questions about SMALTITE
- Is SMALTITE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SMALTITE, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SMALTITE worth?
- SMALTITE is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SMALTITE mean?
- A tin-white to grey metallic mineral made mainly of cobalt arsenide, often with nickel and iron.
- What letters can be added to SMALTITE?
- SMALTITE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of SMALTITE:
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