ANTIPYRINE is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. ANTIPYRINE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ANTIPYRINE?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ANTIPYRINE is to know. It scores 15 from 10 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ANTIPYRINE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
antipyrinesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ANTIPYRINE scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in ANTIPYRINE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ANTIPYRINE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does ANTIPYRINE mean in Scrabble?
noun
medicalchemistry
A synthetic drug once widely used to lower fever and ease pain.
Antipyrine was among the early manufactured painkillers, and it later gave way to safer substances such as aspirin. Today its main role is in some ear drops, and the name survives in older medical books.
How ANTIPYRINE is used
Antipyrine is found in the history of medicine and on a few specialist drug labels.
- Nineteenth-century doctors prescribed antipyrine for stubborn fevers.
- Antipyrine was replaced by milder painkillers.
- The ear drops contained antipyrine to relieve pain.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ANTIPYRINE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ANTIPYRINE
1 longer words begin with ANTIPYRINE.
Shorter words from the letters in ANTIPYRINE
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Common questions about ANTIPYRINE
- Is ANTIPYRINE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ANTIPYRINE, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ANTIPYRINE worth?
- ANTIPYRINE is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ANTIPYRINE mean?
- A synthetic drug once widely used to lower fever and ease pain.
- What letters can be added to ANTIPYRINE?
- ANTIPYRINE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of ANTIPYRINE:
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