ALDOL is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. ALDOL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ALDOL?
| 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: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ALDOL is to know. It scores 6 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ALDOL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
aldolsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ALDOL scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in ALDOL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 43,569.
What does ALDOL mean in Scrabble?
noun
chemistry
A colourless oily organic compound formed when two molecules of acetaldehyde combine, containing both an alcohol group and an aldehyde group.
Aldol gets its name from combining alcohol and aldehyde, the two chemical groups present in the same molecule at once, which was unusual enough when the compound was first identified to earn it a name of its own. More importantly, aldol gave its name to the aldol reaction, one of the most widely used methods in organic chemistry for forming new carbon-carbon bonds between aldehydes and ketones. Chemists still call any such reaction an aldol condensation even when the actual product is far more complex than the original simple compound. Students usually meet aldol first as the textbook example that gives the whole class of reactions its name.
How ALDOL is used
A specialised chemistry term, best known through the related phrase aldol reaction or aldol condensation.
- The reaction produced aldol as a viscous, oily liquid.
- Students were asked to draw the structure of aldol from two acetaldehyde molecules.
- The synthesis relied on an aldol step to build the new carbon chain.
- Aldol contains both an alcohol group and an aldehyde group in one molecule.
- Every aldol condensation in the course was named after this original compound.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ALDOL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ALDOL
The 5 tiles of ALDOL in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with ALDOL
7 longer words begin with ALDOL.
Shorter words from the letters in ALDOL
Common questions about ALDOL
- Is ALDOL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ALDOL, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ALDOL worth?
- ALDOL is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ALDOL mean?
- A colourless oily organic compound formed when two molecules of acetaldehyde combine, containing both an alcohol group and an aldehyde group.
- What letters can be added to ALDOL?
- ALDOL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of ALDOL:
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