schist

schist is a 6-letter English word with 2 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Any crystalline rock having a foliated structure (see Foliation) and hence admitting of ready division into slabs or slates. The common kinds are mica schist, and hornblendic schist, consisting chiefly of quartz with mica or hornblende and often feldspar. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 11 · 2 senses

Definitions

1. noun. Any crystalline rock having a foliated structure (see Foliation) and hence admitting of ready division into slabs or slates. The common kinds are mica schist, and hornblendic schist, consisting chiefly of quartz with mica or hornblende and often feldspar.
2. noun. any metamorphic rock that can be split into thin layers

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in schist:

stichs

Common word forms

schists, schistous

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