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selenite

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Is selenite a Scrabble word?

Yes, selenite is a valid Scrabble word! Worth 8 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 selenite?

Definition

noun (English)

1. (mineralogy) A soft, glassy form of gypsum (chemical formula CaSO₄·2H₂O).Examples: "I followed them to my study, and found lying on my writing-table still, with the selenite paper-weight upon it, the sheet of work I had left on the afternoon of the opening of the cylinder."; "Glass windows replaced the old tiny windows of selenite (crystallized gypsum), and stovepipe replaced adobe chimneys."Synonyms: satin sparcountableuncountable

2. (inorganic chemistry) The anion SeO₃²⁻ derived from selenous acid; any salt or ester of selenous acid.countableuncountable

noun (English)

1. (science fiction) Synonym of Lunarian (“inhabitant of the Moon”).Examples: "My first impression was of some clumsy quadruped with lowered head. Then I perceived it was the slender pinched body and short and extremely attenuated bandy legs of a Selenite, with his head depressed between his shoulders."Synonyms: Lunarian

adj (English)

1. (science fiction) Pertaining to the inhabitants of Luna (Lunarians/Selenites).Examples: "a Selenite colony"; ""Come, Diana [a dog]," said he; "come, my girl! thou whose destiny will be marked in the cynegetic annals; […] thou who art rushing into interplanetary space, and wilt perhaps be the Eve of all Selenite dogs! come, Diana, come here.""not-comparable

Definition source: Wiktionary

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

How many Scrabble points is the word "selenite"?

Scrabble
8 points
S1
E1
L1
E1
N1
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Words With Friends
10 points
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E1
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