ACETYLENIC is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. ACETYLENIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 20 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ACETYLENIC?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
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| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ACETYLENIC is to know. It scores 17 from 10 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ACETYLENIC
No single letter turns ACETYLENIC into another word.
How ACETYLENIC scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in ACETYLENIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| c | 2 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ACETYLENIC has to be built on the board across turns.
What does ACETYLENIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
chemistry
Containing a carbon-to-carbon triple bond, or derived from the gas acetylene.
Chemists apply acetylenic to compounds built around a triple bond between two carbon atoms. The group of such compounds, the alkynes, shares this feature, which makes them react readily.
How ACETYLENIC is used
Acetylenic is used in organic chemistry, usually before words like bond, compound or hydrocarbon.
- The molecule contains an acetylenic bond near one end.
- Acetylenic compounds are valuable in synthesis.
- An acetylenic hydrocarbon burns with a very hot flame.
- The reaction produced an acetylenic alcohol.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ACETYLENIC and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in ACETYLENIC
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Common questions about ACETYLENIC
- Is ACETYLENIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ACETYLENIC, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ACETYLENIC worth?
- ACETYLENIC is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ACETYLENIC mean?
- Containing a carbon-to-carbon triple bond, or derived from the gas acetylene.
- What letters can be added to ACETYLENIC?
- No single letter can be added to ACETYLENIC to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of ACETYLENIC:
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