ALDRIN is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. ALDRIN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ALDRIN?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ALDRIN is to know. It scores 7 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ALDRIN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
aldrinsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ALDRIN scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in ALDRIN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 25,550.
What does ALDRIN mean in Scrabble?
noun
chemistryhistorical
A synthetic chlorinated insecticide once widely sprayed on crops, now banned or heavily restricted in most countries because of its toxicity and persistence in the environment.
Aldrin was developed in the 1940s and named after the chemist Kurt Alder, whose Diels-Alder reaction was used in its synthesis. Farmers spread it heavily against soil pests until researchers found that it built up in animal tissue and moved up the food chain instead of breaking down. Most countries banned or severely restricted aldrin by the late twentieth century under agreements such as the Stockholm Convention on persistent organic pollutants.
How ALDRIN is used
Encountered mainly in chemistry, agriculture and environmental-history contexts rather than everyday speech.
- Farmers once sprayed aldrin directly onto seed grain.
- Soil samples from the old orchard still show traces of aldrin.
- Aldrin was banned decades ago in most industrialized countries.
- The report compares aldrin with other chlorinated pesticides of the same era.
- Regulators cited aldrin as an example of a persistent organic pollutant.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ALDRIN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ALDRIN
1 longer words begin with ALDRIN.
Shorter words from the letters in ALDRIN
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Common questions about ALDRIN
- Is ALDRIN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ALDRIN, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ALDRIN worth?
- ALDRIN is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ALDRIN mean?
- A synthetic chlorinated insecticide once widely sprayed on crops, now banned or heavily restricted in most countries because of its toxicity and persistence in the environment.
- What letters can be added to ALDRIN?
- ALDRIN takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of ALDRIN:
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