ATTRACTANT is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. ATTRACTANT 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 ATTRACTANT?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ATTRACTANT is to know. It scores 12 from 10 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ATTRACTANT
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
attractantsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ATTRACTANT scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in ATTRACTANT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 3 | 9 |
| t | 4 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ATTRACTANT has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about ATTRACTANT
- The letter T appears four times in ATTRACTANT.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does ATTRACTANT mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A substance that draws animals or insects toward it, such as a scent or pheromone.
Farmers and pest controllers bait traps with an attractant so that insects come to a chosen spot. In nature, many animals release an attractant to find mates, and the chemical need not smell pleasant to people.
How ATTRACTANT is used
Used in biology, agriculture and pest control.
- The trap contains a sweet attractant for fruit flies.
- Female moths release an attractant that males can detect from far away.
- Scientists tested a new attractant on garden beetles.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ATTRACTANT and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ATTRACTANT
1 longer words begin with ATTRACTANT.
Shorter words from the letters in ATTRACTANT
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Common questions about ATTRACTANT
- Is ATTRACTANT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ATTRACTANT, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ATTRACTANT worth?
- ATTRACTANT is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ATTRACTANT mean?
- A substance that draws animals or insects toward it, such as a scent or pheromone.
- What letters can be added to ATTRACTANT?
- ATTRACTANT takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of ATTRACTANT:
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