SORBABILITY is a valid Scrabble word — 18 points
Yes. SORBABILITY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 18 points in Scrabble and 20 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SORBABILITY?
| 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: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SORBABILITY is to know. It scores 18 from 11 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SORBABILITY
No single letter turns SORBABILITY into another word.
How SORBABILITY scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in SORBABILITY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| b | 2 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SORBABILITY has to be built on the board across turns.
What does SORBABILITY mean in Scrabble?
noun
chemistrytechnical
The degree to which a material can take up and hold another substance by absorption or adsorption.
Chemists and soil scientists measure sorbability to predict how a pollutant will bind to clay or charcoal. High values mean a material is good at trapping a given substance. The word is rare outside laboratory and environmental reports.
How SORBABILITY is used
Sorbability is a rare technical noun in chemistry and environmental science.
- The sorbability of the pesticide in sandy soil was surprisingly low.
- Activated carbon was chosen for its high sorbability.
- The report compared the sorbability of three filter materials.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SORBABILITY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
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Common questions about SORBABILITY
- Is SORBABILITY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SORBABILITY, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SORBABILITY worth?
- SORBABILITY is worth 18 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SORBABILITY mean?
- The degree to which a material can take up and hold another substance by absorption or adsorption.
- What letters can be added to SORBABILITY?
- No single letter can be added to SORBABILITY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of SORBABILITY:
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