THERMOCLINE is a valid Scrabble word — 18 points
Yes. THERMOCLINE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 18 points in Scrabble and 21 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept THERMOCLINE?
| 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 THERMOCLINE is to know. It scores 18 from 11 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for THERMOCLINE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
thermoclinesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How THERMOCLINE scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in THERMOCLINE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so THERMOCLINE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does THERMOCLINE mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A layer in a lake or ocean where the temperature drops sharply with depth, separating warm surface water from cold deep water.
The thermocline acts like a lid that keeps warm and cold waters from mixing easily. Divers often feel it as a sudden chill, and submarines can use it to hide from sonar.
How THERMOCLINE is used
Used in oceanography, limnology and diving.
- The diver felt the cold at the thermocline thirty metres down.
- In summer a strong thermocline forms in the deep lake.
- Fish gather above the thermocline where the water is richer in oxygen.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of THERMOCLINE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with THERMOCLINE
1 longer words begin with THERMOCLINE.
Shorter words from the letters in THERMOCLINE
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Common questions about THERMOCLINE
- Is THERMOCLINE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts THERMOCLINE, where it scores 21 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is THERMOCLINE worth?
- THERMOCLINE is worth 18 points in Scrabble and 21 points in Words with Friends.
- What does THERMOCLINE mean?
- A layer in a lake or ocean where the temperature drops sharply with depth, separating warm surface water from cold deep water.
- What letters can be added to THERMOCLINE?
- THERMOCLINE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of THERMOCLINE:
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