AMYGDALIN is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. AMYGDALIN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept AMYGDALIN?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful AMYGDALIN is to know. It scores 16 from 9 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for AMYGDALIN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How AMYGDALIN scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in AMYGDALIN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so AMYGDALIN has to be built on the board across turns.
What does AMYGDALIN mean in Scrabble?
noun
chemistry
A bitter crystalline compound found in bitter almonds and the seeds of apricots, peaches and similar fruit.
Amygdalin can release cyanide when digested, which is why raw bitter kernels are risky. It was once promoted as a cancer remedy, a claim medicine has rejected.
How AMYGDALIN is used
A chemistry and pharmacology term; also linked to the debated product called laetrile.
- Bitter almonds contain a lot of amygdalin.
- The chemist isolated amygdalin from apricot kernels.
- Eating too much amygdalin can cause poisoning.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of AMYGDALIN and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with AMYGDALIN
2 longer words begin with AMYGDALIN.
Shorter words from the letters in AMYGDALIN
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Common questions about AMYGDALIN
- Is AMYGDALIN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts AMYGDALIN, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is AMYGDALIN worth?
- AMYGDALIN is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does AMYGDALIN mean?
- A bitter crystalline compound found in bitter almonds and the seeds of apricots, peaches and similar fruit.
- What letters can be added to AMYGDALIN?
- AMYGDALIN takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of AMYGDALIN:
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