SMOLT is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. SMOLT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SMOLT?
| 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: 27 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SMOLT is to know. It scores 7 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SMOLT
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
smoltsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SMOLT scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in SMOLT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 49,015.
What does SMOLT mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
A young salmon at the stage when it turns silvery and migrates from a river out to the sea for the first time.
A young salmon passes through several named stages before reaching adulthood, starting as an alevin still attached to its yolk sac, then becoming a fry and later a mottled parr living in freshwater streams, before finally transforming into a smolt. Turning into a smolt involves real physical change, called smoltification, in which the fish's gills and body chemistry adapt so it can survive in salt water, and its skin turns bright silver, better camouflage for open ocean than the parr's mottled river pattern. Fisheries scientists and salmon farmers pay close attention to the smolt stage, since it marks the moment a young fish is ready to leave freshwater hatcheries or rivers and move into sea cages or the open ocean. After spending time feeding and growing at sea, a smolt eventually becomes a mature adult salmon, often returning years later to the very river where it hatched.
How SMOLT is used
A specialist term in fisheries biology and aquaculture, describing one specific stage of the salmon life cycle rather than young salmon in general.
- The hatchery released thousands of smolt into the river each spring.
- Scientists tagged the smolt to track their journey out to sea.
- A smolt's silvery skin helps it blend into the open ocean.
- Farmers moved the smolt from freshwater tanks to sea cages once they were ready.
- Only a small fraction of smolt survive long enough to return as adults.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SMOLT and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SMOLT
The 5 tiles of SMOLT in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with SMOLT
1 longer words begin with SMOLT.
Shorter words from the letters in SMOLT
Common questions about SMOLT
- Is SMOLT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SMOLT, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SMOLT worth?
- SMOLT is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SMOLT mean?
- A young salmon at the stage when it turns silvery and migrates from a river out to the sea for the first time.
- What letters can be added to SMOLT?
- SMOLT takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of SMOLT:
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