ALKENE is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. ALKENE 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 ALKENE?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ALKENE is to know. It scores 10 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ALKENE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
alkenesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ALKENE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in ALKENE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 83,618.
What does ALKENE mean in Scrabble?
noun
chemistry
The systematic chemical name for the family of unsaturated hydrocarbons with one carbon-to-carbon double bond, named with the ending -ene, as in ethene and propene.
The double bond makes an alkene far more reactive than its single-bonded relative the alkane, and it is the point where new atoms can be added. Ethene and propene, both made in vast quantities by oil refineries, are the best-known members and the raw material for plastics such as polythene. Chemists describe the family as unsaturated because it holds fewer hydrogen atoms than it could.
How ALKENE is used
Used in organic chemistry; the older name olefin is still heard in industry.
- Ethene is the simplest alkene.
- Bromine water turns colourless when shaken with an alkene.
- The factory cracks heavy oil to make each alkene it needs.
- An alkene can join with thousands of its own kind to form a polymer.
- The exam asked for the structure of an alkene with four carbon atoms.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ALKENE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ALKENE
1 longer words begin with ALKENE.
Shorter words from the letters in ALKENE
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Common questions about ALKENE
- Is ALKENE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ALKENE, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ALKENE worth?
- ALKENE is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ALKENE mean?
- The systematic chemical name for the family of unsaturated hydrocarbons with one carbon-to-carbon double bond, named with the ending -ene, as in ethene and propene.
- What letters can be added to ALKENE?
- ALKENE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of ALKENE:
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