ALUMIN is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. ALUMIN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ALUMIN?
| 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 ALUMIN is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ALUMIN
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ALUMIN scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in ALUMIN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 76,649.
What stands out about ALUMIN
- The same 6 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does ALUMIN mean in Scrabble?
noun
archaicchemistry
An old chemical name for the white compound formed when aluminium binds with oxygen.
Nineteenth-century chemists wrote alumin where a modern textbook would write alumina, the compound refined from bauxite ore on the way to producing metallic aluminium. Beyond its role in metal refining, this same white compound serves as an abrasive and as a base material in ceramics and refractory linings. The spelling alumin has since fallen out of laboratory use and now turns up mainly in older chemistry books and antique mineral labels.
How ALUMIN is used
Now a dated chemical term; modern writing prefers alumina for the same compound.
- The old textbook still calls the compound alumin rather than alumina.
- Chemists once listed alumin among the common earths.
- The mineral sample was labelled alumin in the nineteenth-century catalogue.
- Refining bauxite yields what early chemists named alumin.
- An antique chemistry set included a jar marked alumin.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ALUMIN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ALUMIN
The 6 tiles of ALUMIN in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with ALUMIN
Showing 24 of 29 words that begin with ALUMIN.
Shorter words from the letters in ALUMIN
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Common questions about ALUMIN
- Is ALUMIN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ALUMIN, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ALUMIN worth?
- ALUMIN is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ALUMIN mean?
- An old chemical name for the white compound formed when aluminium binds with oxygen.
- What letters can be added to ALUMIN?
- ALUMIN takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of ALUMIN:
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