ACHIRAL is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. ACHIRAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ACHIRAL?
| 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: 50 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ACHIRAL is to know. It scores 12 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ACHIRAL
No single letter turns ACHIRAL into another word.
How ACHIRAL scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in ACHIRAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 514,646.
What does ACHIRAL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
chemistry
Describing a molecule that can be laid exactly over its own mirror image.
In chemistry, hands are the usual comparison: left and right hands are mirror images that do not fit over each other, yet an achiral object has no such handedness. Such compounds do not rotate polarised light.
How ACHIRAL is used
Achiral is a technical term used in stereochemistry, opposite to chiral.
- Methane is achiral because its four hydrogens are identical.
- The achiral compound showed no optical activity.
- Chemists separate chiral mixtures but need not split an achiral one.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ACHIRAL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ACHIRAL
The 7 tiles of ACHIRAL in a different order — 1 found.
Shorter words from the letters in ACHIRAL
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Common questions about ACHIRAL
- Is ACHIRAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ACHIRAL, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ACHIRAL worth?
- ACHIRAL is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ACHIRAL mean?
- Describing a molecule that can be laid exactly over its own mirror image.
- What letters can be added to ACHIRAL?
- No single letter can be added to ACHIRAL to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of ACHIRAL:
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