BARIUM is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. BARIUM is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BARIUM?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BARIUM is to know. It scores 10 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BARIUM
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
bariumsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BARIUM scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in BARIUM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 153,299.
What does BARIUM mean in Scrabble?
noun
chemistry
A soft, silvery-white metallic element with the symbol Ba, found in compounds such as barite.
Barium has the atomic number 56 and reacts so readily with air and water that it is stored under oil. Its name comes from a Greek word for heavy, a nod to the dense mineral from which it was first isolated. In medicine a harmless barium compound is swallowed as a white drink so that the stomach shows up on an X-ray, while other salts give fireworks their green flame.
How BARIUM is used
A term of chemistry and medicine; soluble barium salts are poisonous.
- Barium burns with a pale green flame.
- The patient drank a barium mixture before the scan.
- Pure barium tarnishes quickly in open air.
- Fireworks makers add barium to produce green sparks.
- The mineral barite is the main source of barium.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BARIUM and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BARIUM
1 longer words begin with BARIUM.
Shorter words from the letters in BARIUM
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Common questions about BARIUM
- Is BARIUM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BARIUM, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BARIUM worth?
- BARIUM is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BARIUM mean?
- A soft, silvery-white metallic element with the symbol Ba, found in compounds such as barite.
- What letters can be added to BARIUM?
- BARIUM takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of BARIUM:
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