SPHERULITE is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. SPHERULITE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SPHERULITE?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SPHERULITE is to know. It scores 15 from 10 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SPHERULITE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
spherulitesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SPHERULITE scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in SPHERULITE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SPHERULITE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does SPHERULITE mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A tiny round body of crystal fibres radiating from a central point, found in some volcanic glass.
A spherulite forms when crystals grow outward in all directions from a single seed. Geologists meet spherulites in obsidian and similar rocks, and polymer scientists see them in plastics.
How SPHERULITE is used
Technical word in geology and materials science.
- Under the microscope each spherulite looked like a small star.
- The obsidian was dotted with a pale spherulite.
- A spherulite grows slowly as the melt cools.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SPHERULITE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SPHERULITE
1 longer words begin with SPHERULITE.
Shorter words from the letters in SPHERULITE
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Common questions about SPHERULITE
- Is SPHERULITE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SPHERULITE, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SPHERULITE worth?
- SPHERULITE is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SPHERULITE mean?
- A tiny round body of crystal fibres radiating from a central point, found in some volcanic glass.
- What letters can be added to SPHERULITE?
- SPHERULITE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of SPHERULITE:
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