STROMATOLITE is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. STROMATOLITE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept STROMATOLITE?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful STROMATOLITE is to know. It scores 14 from 12 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for STROMATOLITE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
stromatolitesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How STROMATOLITE scores
Face value of the 12 tiles in STROMATOLITE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 3 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so STROMATOLITE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does STROMATOLITE mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A layered rocky mound built up over time by colonies of microscopic bacteria that trap sediment.
A stromatolite counts among the oldest traces of life on Earth, found in rock billions of years old. A few living stromatolite colonies still grow in warm, salty lagoons. Geologists read the stripes of a stromatolite like growth rings.
How STROMATOLITE is used
Stromatolite is used in geology and palaeontology, usually with fossil or living reefs.
- The cliff face was dotted with fossil stromatolite domes.
- A living stromatolite grows slowly in the shallow bay.
- Each stromatolite layer records a season of bacterial growth.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of STROMATOLITE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with STROMATOLITE
1 longer words begin with STROMATOLITE.
Shorter words from the letters in STROMATOLITE
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Common questions about STROMATOLITE
- Is STROMATOLITE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts STROMATOLITE, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is STROMATOLITE worth?
- STROMATOLITE is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does STROMATOLITE mean?
- A layered rocky mound built up over time by colonies of microscopic bacteria that trap sediment.
- What letters can be added to STROMATOLITE?
- STROMATOLITE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 12 letters of STROMATOLITE:
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