SMELTERY is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. SMELTERY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SMELTERY?
| 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: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SMELTERY is to know. It scores 13 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SMELTERY
No single letter turns SMELTERY into another word.
How SMELTERY scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in SMELTERY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SMELTERY has to be built on the board across turns.
What does SMELTERY mean in Scrabble?
noun
A factory or works where ore is heated to extract metal.
A smeltery is a place of furnaces, heat and slag, usually built near mines or ports. It is a less common name than smelter, though both can mean the same site.
How SMELTERY is used
The word smeltery turns up in history books, industry reports and fantasy games.
- Smoke rose from the copper smeltery in the valley.
- The town grew around a large smeltery.
- Workers at the smeltery poured molten metal into moulds.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SMELTERY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in SMELTERY
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Common questions about SMELTERY
- Is SMELTERY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SMELTERY, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SMELTERY worth?
- SMELTERY is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SMELTERY mean?
- A factory or works where ore is heated to extract metal.
- What letters can be added to SMELTERY?
- No single letter can be added to SMELTERY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of SMELTERY:
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