Definitions For Oolite

Noun

OOLITE. (countable and uncountable, plural OOLITEs) (geology) A rock consisting of spherical grains within a mineral cortex accreted around a nucleus, often of quartz grains. (countable, rare) An ooid or oolith.

Synonyms

ooid oolith egg-stone

Derived terms

oolitic oolitiferous

Translations

Finnish: ooliittinen mineraali German: Oolith, m Spanish: oolito, m Swedish: oolit Finnish: ooliitti {{checktrans-top}} French: {{t+check, fr, oolithe}}

Etymology

From {{confix, en, oo, lite}}, after {{etyl, de, en}} Oolit.

Anagrams

toolie

Is Oolite a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
6
Words with Friends
7

The word Oolite is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends

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