ADULTERANT is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. ADULTERANT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ADULTERANT?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ADULTERANT is to know. It scores 11 from 10 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ADULTERANT
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
adulterantsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ADULTERANT scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in ADULTERANT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ADULTERANT has to be built on the board across turns.
What does ADULTERANT mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A substance added to a product that lowers its purity, quality or effectiveness.
Inspectors test food, medicine and drugs for any adulterant that was slipped in to cut costs. The added material is usually cheaper than the real ingredient. Finding an adulterant normally means the whole batch is suspect.
How ADULTERANT is used
The word adulterant is used in food safety, pharmacy and law enforcement for an unwanted additive.
- Chalk was once a common adulterant in flour.
- The lab found an unlisted adulterant in the herbal tablets.
- Cheap oil served as an adulterant in the expensive olive blend.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ADULTERANT and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ADULTERANT
1 longer words begin with ADULTERANT.
Shorter words from the letters in ADULTERANT
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Common questions about ADULTERANT
- Is ADULTERANT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ADULTERANT, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ADULTERANT worth?
- ADULTERANT is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ADULTERANT mean?
- A substance added to a product that lowers its purity, quality or effectiveness.
- What letters can be added to ADULTERANT?
- ADULTERANT takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of ADULTERANT:
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