AMINOPYRINE is a valid Scrabble word — 18 points
Yes. AMINOPYRINE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 18 points in Scrabble and 21 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept AMINOPYRINE?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful AMINOPYRINE is to know. It scores 18 from 11 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for AMINOPYRINE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
aminopyrinesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How AMINOPYRINE scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in AMINOPYRINE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so AMINOPYRINE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does AMINOPYRINE mean in Scrabble?
noun
medical
A white crystalline drug formerly used to relieve pain and reduce fever.
Aminopyrine fell out of use after it was linked to a dangerous drop in white blood cells. It is now remembered mostly as an example of a once-popular medicine withdrawn for safety.
How AMINOPYRINE is used
Found in the history of pharmacology and in older medical texts.
- Aminopyrine was once sold as a remedy for headaches.
- Doctors abandoned aminopyrine because of its rare but fatal side effect.
- A chapter on aminopyrine shows how drug safety changed.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of AMINOPYRINE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with AMINOPYRINE
1 longer words begin with AMINOPYRINE.
Shorter words from the letters in AMINOPYRINE
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Common questions about AMINOPYRINE
- Is AMINOPYRINE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts AMINOPYRINE, where it scores 21 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is AMINOPYRINE worth?
- AMINOPYRINE is worth 18 points in Scrabble and 21 points in Words with Friends.
- What does AMINOPYRINE mean?
- A white crystalline drug formerly used to relieve pain and reduce fever.
- What letters can be added to AMINOPYRINE?
- AMINOPYRINE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of AMINOPYRINE:
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