ALKINE is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. ALKINE 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 ALKINE?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ALKINE is to know. It scores 10 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ALKINE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
alkinesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ALKINE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in ALKINE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 51,100.
What does ALKINE mean in Scrabble?
noun
chemistry
A hydrocarbon whose molecules contain a triple bond between two carbon atoms; a less common spelling of alkyne.
Acetylene, the gas burned in welding torches, is the best-known alkine, and the triple bond gives the family its high reactivity and its names ending in -yne. The spelling with i appears in older chemistry texts and in some word lists, while current textbooks nearly always write alkyne. Both spellings name the same group of unsaturated compounds.
How ALKINE is used
Rare in modern chemistry writing, but valid in word games.
- Acetylene is the simplest alkine.
- The old textbook listed every alkine under the heading of unsaturated carbon compounds.
- A triple bond is what marks an alkine out from an alkene.
- The chemist spelled it alkine, as her professor had done.
- Each alkine burns with a bright, sooty flame.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ALKINE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ALKINE
1 longer words begin with ALKINE.
Shorter words from the letters in ALKINE
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Common questions about ALKINE
- Is ALKINE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ALKINE, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ALKINE worth?
- ALKINE is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ALKINE mean?
- A hydrocarbon whose molecules contain a triple bond between two carbon atoms; a less common spelling of alkyne.
- What letters can be added to ALKINE?
- ALKINE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of ALKINE:
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