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metalloid

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Is metalloid a Scrabble word?

Yes, metalloid is a valid Scrabble word! Worth 12 points in Scrabble.

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  • Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
  • Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
  • Wordle No
  • Words With Friends Yes

What is the meaning of metalloid?

Definition

noun (English)

1. (chemistry) An element, such as silicon or germanium, intermediate in properties between that of a metal and a nonmetal; especially an elemental semiconductor.

2. (chemistry, obsolete) The metallic base of a fixed alkali, or alkaline earth; applied to sodium, potassium, and some other metallic substances whose metallic character was supposed to be not well defined.Examples: "By some they [metals of the alkalies] were called metalloids; by some their simple nature was objected to"obsolete

3. (chemistry, obsolete) A nonmetal.obsolete

adj (English)

1. (not comparable) Of or relating to the metalloids.not-comparable

2. (informal) Characteristic of the metal music genre.Examples: "Graham Massey of 808 State turns a Björkian moan into a vibrating siren and powers his strangely metalloid version of "Army Of Me" with it; the Brodsky String Quartet turns "Hyperballad" into a stately 3-D chess game."; "It expanded from bleary delay rippling with looped phrases to embrace molten metalloid raunch and blues grit, acoustic guitars and pedal steels."informal

Definition source: Wiktionary

What Scrabble words can I make with the letters in "metalloid"?

How many Scrabble points is the word "metalloid"?

Scrabble
12 points
M3
E1
T1
A1
L1
L1
O1
I1
D2
Words With Friends
15 points
M4
E1
T1
A1
L2
L2
O1
I1
D2

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