SMARAGD is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. SMARAGD is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SMARAGD?
| 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: 53 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SMARAGD is to know. It scores 11 from 7 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SMARAGD
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SMARAGD scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in SMARAGD, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 771,970.
What does SMARAGD mean in Scrabble?
noun
archaicrare
An old name for the emerald, the green precious stone.
You will meet smaragd mostly in medieval and early modern texts about jewels. Modern writers use emerald, so smaragd signals an old or deliberately antique tone.
How SMARAGD is used
Found in historical texts and in word lists, rarely in everyday speech.
- The crown was set with a single smaragd the size of a walnut.
- The old inventory lists a ring with a smaragd and two pearls.
- In the legend, the smaragd glowed whenever a lie was spoken.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SMARAGD and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SMARAGD
6 longer words begin with SMARAGD.
Shorter words from the letters in SMARAGD
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Common questions about SMARAGD
- Is SMARAGD valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SMARAGD, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SMARAGD worth?
- SMARAGD is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SMARAGD mean?
- An old name for the emerald, the green precious stone.
- What letters can be added to SMARAGD?
- SMARAGD takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of SMARAGD:
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