SOLITON is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. SOLITON 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 SOLITON?
| 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: 48 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SOLITON is to know. It scores 7 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SOLITON
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
solitonsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SOLITON scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in SOLITON, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 110,281.
What does SOLITON mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A solitary wave that keeps its shape while it travels, neither spreading out nor being followed by another disturbance.
Physicists first saw a soliton as a single hump of water that moved down a canal without changing form. Such waves also occur in optical fibres, where they carry signals over long distances.
How SOLITON is used
Soliton is a physics term used in discussions of nonlinear waves and fibre optics.
- The soliton moved along the channel without losing its shape.
- A soliton in an optical fibre can carry data a long way.
- The lecture explained how a soliton differs from an ordinary wave.
- They modelled the soliton with a nonlinear equation.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SOLITON and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SOLITON
The 7 tiles of SOLITON in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with SOLITON
1 longer words begin with SOLITON.
Shorter words from the letters in SOLITON
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Common questions about SOLITON
- Is SOLITON valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SOLITON, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SOLITON worth?
- SOLITON is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SOLITON mean?
- A solitary wave that keeps its shape while it travels, neither spreading out nor being followed by another disturbance.
- What letters can be added to SOLITON?
- SOLITON takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of SOLITON:
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