TOURMALINE is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. TOURMALINE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TOURMALINE?
| 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 TOURMALINE is to know. It scores 12 from 10 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TOURMALINE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
tourmalinesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How TOURMALINE scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in TOURMALINE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so TOURMALINE has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about TOURMALINE
- All 10 letters of TOURMALINE are different — nothing repeats.
- TOURMALINE contains every vowel — A, E, I, O and U.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does TOURMALINE mean in Scrabble?
noun
A hard mineral of boron and aluminium that forms prism-shaped crystals and is cut as a gem in many colours.
Tourmaline is prized by jewellers for its range of shades, from black to pink and green. It also carries an electric charge when heated or pressed, a property that interests physicists.
How TOURMALINE is used
Common in geology and in jewellery descriptions.
- She wore a ring set with a pink tourmaline.
- The granite was streaked with black tourmaline crystals.
- Green tourmaline is sometimes sold under other names.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TOURMALINE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with TOURMALINE
1 longer words begin with TOURMALINE.
Shorter words from the letters in TOURMALINE
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Common questions about TOURMALINE
- Is TOURMALINE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TOURMALINE, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TOURMALINE worth?
- TOURMALINE is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TOURMALINE mean?
- A hard mineral of boron and aluminium that forms prism-shaped crystals and is cut as a gem in many colours.
- What letters can be added to TOURMALINE?
- TOURMALINE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of TOURMALINE:
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