Definitions For Greywacke

Noun

GREYWACKE. (countable and uncountable, plural GREYWACKEs) (geology) A hard dark sandstone with poorly sorted angular grains of quartz, feldspar, and small rock fragments in a compact, clay-fine matrix.

Derived terms

metagreywacke, metagraywacke

Translations

Czech: droba, f Finnish: grauvakka Maori: whatuaho Polish: szarogłaz, m Russian: граува́кка, f

Alternative forms

graywacke

Etymology

Anglicised form of grauwacke.

Is Greywacke a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary NO

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
22
Words with Friends
23

The word Greywacke is worth 22 points in Scrabble and 23 points in Words with Friends

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