BIACETYL is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. BIACETYL 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 BIACETYL?
| 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: 44 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BIACETYL is to know. It scores 15 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BIACETYL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
biacetylsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BIACETYL scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in BIACETYL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so BIACETYL has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about BIACETYL
- All 8 letters of BIACETYL are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does BIACETYL mean in Scrabble?
noun
chemistry
A yellow liquid compound that gives butter its buttery smell and taste and is used as a flavouring.
Biacetyl occurs naturally in butter and some oils, and manufacturers add it to foods such as popcorn and margarine. Breathing large amounts in factories has been linked to lung disease.
How BIACETYL is used
Used in chemistry and food-industry writing.
- Biacetyl gives the margarine its buttery aroma.
- Workers wore masks to avoid breathing biacetyl.
- The lab measured the biacetyl in the beer sample.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BIACETYL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BIACETYL
1 longer words begin with BIACETYL.
Shorter words from the letters in BIACETYL
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Common questions about BIACETYL
- Is BIACETYL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BIACETYL, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BIACETYL worth?
- BIACETYL is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BIACETYL mean?
- A yellow liquid compound that gives butter its buttery smell and taste and is used as a flavouring.
- What letters can be added to BIACETYL?
- BIACETYL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of BIACETYL:
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