BETAINE is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. BETAINE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BETAINE?
| 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: 54 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BETAINE is to know. It scores 9 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 8.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BETAINE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
betainesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BETAINE scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in BETAINE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 41,588.
What does BETAINE mean in Scrabble?
noun
chemistry
A sweet-tasting crystalline compound found in sugar beet and other plants.
Betaine was first isolated from beet molasses, which gave it its name. It is added to some foods, feeds and cosmetics, and chemists also use the word for a whole class of related compounds.
How BETAINE is used
Betaine is a term used in chemistry and nutrition.
- Sugar beet is a rich natural source of betaine.
- The supplement lists betaine among its ingredients.
- The lab extracted betaine from the dried molasses.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BETAINE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BETAINE
1 longer words begin with BETAINE.
Shorter words from the letters in BETAINE
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Common questions about BETAINE
- Is BETAINE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BETAINE, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BETAINE worth?
- BETAINE is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BETAINE mean?
- A sweet-tasting crystalline compound found in sugar beet and other plants.
- What letters can be added to BETAINE?
- BETAINE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of BETAINE:
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