AMYLENE is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. AMYLENE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept AMYLENE?
| 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: 55 / 100
Our own measure of how useful AMYLENE is to know. It scores 12 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for AMYLENE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
amylenesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How AMYLENE scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in AMYLENE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 280,716.
What does AMYLENE mean in Scrabble?
noun
chemistry
A liquid hydrocarbon with five carbon atoms and one double bond; an old name for pentene.
Amylene is a colourless, volatile and flammable liquid with the formula C5H10, and several isomers share the name. It was once tried as an anaesthetic, but modern chemists prefer the name pentene.
How AMYLENE is used
Amylene is a dated chemical name now mostly found in older texts.
- The old textbook described amylene as a volatile liquid.
- Amylene was once tested as an anaesthetic.
- Chemists now call amylene by the name pentene.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of AMYLENE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with AMYLENE
1 longer words begin with AMYLENE.
Shorter words from the letters in AMYLENE
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Common questions about AMYLENE
- Is AMYLENE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts AMYLENE, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is AMYLENE worth?
- AMYLENE is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does AMYLENE mean?
- A liquid hydrocarbon with five carbon atoms and one double bond; an old name for pentene.
- What letters can be added to AMYLENE?
- AMYLENE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of AMYLENE:
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