RADIUM is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. RADIUM is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept RADIUM?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful RADIUM is to know. It scores 9 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for RADIUM
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
radiumsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How RADIUM scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in RADIUM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 76,649.
What does RADIUM mean in Scrabble?
noun
chemistry
A rare, intensely radioactive metallic element that is found in tiny amounts in uranium ores.
Radium was isolated by Marie and Pierre Curie in 1898 and was named from the Latin word for ray. It glows faintly, and in the early twentieth century it was painted on watch dials and sold in tonics before its dangers were understood. Today it has been replaced in most uses by safer materials, though it remains important in the history of physics and medicine. Its chemical symbol is Ra.
How RADIUM is used
A scientific noun, often met in the history of radioactivity and in stories about the Curies.
- Radium gives off a pale glow in the dark.
- The Curies extracted a tiny amount of radium from tons of ore.
- Painters once used radium to make watch dials shine at night.
- Handling radium without protection caused serious harm to early researchers.
- The museum keeps a sealed sample of radium behind thick glass.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of RADIUM and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with RADIUM
1 longer words begin with RADIUM.
Shorter words from the letters in RADIUM
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Common questions about RADIUM
- Is RADIUM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts RADIUM, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is RADIUM worth?
- RADIUM is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does RADIUM mean?
- A rare, intensely radioactive metallic element that is found in tiny amounts in uranium ores.
- What letters can be added to RADIUM?
- RADIUM takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of RADIUM:
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