ALKOXY is a valid Scrabble word — 20 points
Yes. ALKOXY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 20 points in Scrabble and 20 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ALKOXY?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
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| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 40 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ALKOXY is to know. It scores 20 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ALKOXY
No single letter turns ALKOXY into another word.
How ALKOXY scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in ALKOXY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| x | 1 | 1 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,070 thousand.
What does ALKOXY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
chemistry
Describing a chemical group made of an alkyl chain bonded through an oxygen atom.
In chemical names the alkoxy part shows that an oxygen bridge links a carbon chain to the rest of the molecule. Methoxy and ethoxy are the simplest examples.
How ALKOXY is used
Alkoxy is used in organic chemistry to name substituent groups.
- The compound carries an alkoxy substituent on the ring.
- An alkoxy group raised the solubility of the dye.
- The chemist replaced the alkoxy side chain with a longer one.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ALKOXY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in ALKOXY
Common questions about ALKOXY
- Is ALKOXY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ALKOXY, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ALKOXY worth?
- ALKOXY is worth 20 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ALKOXY mean?
- Describing a chemical group made of an alkyl chain bonded through an oxygen atom.
- What letters can be added to ALKOXY?
- No single letter can be added to ALKOXY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of ALKOXY:
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