ALKANE is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. ALKANE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ALKANE?
| 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: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ALKANE is to know. It scores 10 from 6 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ALKANE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ALKANE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in ALKANE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 114,974.
What does ALKANE mean in Scrabble?
noun
chemistry
A hydrocarbon in which every bond between carbon atoms is a single bond, such as methane or propane.
Alkanes make up the family once called paraffins, and their names all end in -ane, from methane with one carbon atom up to long waxy chains. They burn readily, which is why natural gas and petrol are made mostly of them. Because they hold as many hydrogen atoms as possible, chemists call them saturated.
How ALKANE is used
A standard term in organic chemistry courses, usually set beside alkene and alkyne.
- Methane is the simplest alkane.
- Each extra carbon in the alkane adds two more hydrogen atoms.
- Students learn to name an alkane from the length of its carbon chain.
- Crude oil is a mixture in which every alkane boils at a different temperature.
- The wax on a candle is made of a heavy alkane.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ALKANE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ALKANE
3 longer words begin with ALKANE.
Shorter words from the letters in ALKANE
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Common questions about ALKANE
- Is ALKANE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ALKANE, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ALKANE worth?
- ALKANE is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ALKANE mean?
- A hydrocarbon in which every bond between carbon atoms is a single bond, such as methane or propane.
- What letters can be added to ALKANE?
- ALKANE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of ALKANE:
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