SPIEGELEISEN is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. SPIEGELEISEN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SPIEGELEISEN?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SPIEGELEISEN is to know. It scores 15 from 12 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SPIEGELEISEN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
spiegeleisensChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SPIEGELEISEN scores
Face value of the 12 tiles in SPIEGELEISEN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 2 | 4 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| e | 4 | 12 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SPIEGELEISEN has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about SPIEGELEISEN
- The letter E appears four times in SPIEGELEISEN.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does SPIEGELEISEN mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A hard iron alloy rich in manganese and carbon, added in steelmaking to remove oxygen and raise manganese content.
Spiegeleisen is a German borrowing meaning mirror iron, from the shiny faces of its crystals. It was important in the Bessemer process, where it was added to the melt near the end of the blow.
How SPIEGELEISEN is used
Appears in metallurgy and the history of steelmaking.
- Spiegeleisen was stirred into the molten metal to fix the carbon level.
- The mill bought a shipment of spiegeleisen every month.
- A fracture of spiegeleisen shows large, glittering crystal faces.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SPIEGELEISEN and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SPIEGELEISEN
1 longer words begin with SPIEGELEISEN.
Shorter words from the letters in SPIEGELEISEN
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Common questions about SPIEGELEISEN
- Is SPIEGELEISEN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SPIEGELEISEN, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SPIEGELEISEN worth?
- SPIEGELEISEN is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SPIEGELEISEN mean?
- A hard iron alloy rich in manganese and carbon, added in steelmaking to remove oxygen and raise manganese content.
- What letters can be added to SPIEGELEISEN?
- SPIEGELEISEN takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 12 letters of SPIEGELEISEN:
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