ARECOLINE is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. ARECOLINE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ARECOLINE?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ARECOLINE is to know. It scores 11 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ARECOLINE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
arecolinesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ARECOLINE scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in ARECOLINE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ARECOLINE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does ARECOLINE mean in Scrabble?
noun
chemistry
A poisonous alkaloid extracted from betel nuts, historically given to animals to clear intestinal worms.
Chemists meet arecoline as the active compound behind the stimulating effect of chewing betel. Its toxicity is the reason it is handled as a drug and never as a food.
How ARECOLINE is used
Arecoline is a technical word found in pharmacology and veterinary texts.
- The laboratory isolated arecoline from a sample of crushed betel nuts.
- Older veterinary manuals list arecoline as a treatment for tapeworms in dogs.
- Too large a dose of arecoline can be dangerous.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ARECOLINE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ARECOLINE
1 longer words begin with ARECOLINE.
Shorter words from the letters in ARECOLINE
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Common questions about ARECOLINE
- Is ARECOLINE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ARECOLINE, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ARECOLINE worth?
- ARECOLINE is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ARECOLINE mean?
- A poisonous alkaloid extracted from betel nuts, historically given to animals to clear intestinal worms.
- What letters can be added to ARECOLINE?
- ARECOLINE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of ARECOLINE:
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