BICHROMATE is a valid Scrabble word — 19 points
Yes. BICHROMATE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 19 points in Scrabble and 21 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BICHROMATE?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BICHROMATE is to know. It scores 19 from 10 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BICHROMATE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BICHROMATE scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in BICHROMATE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so BICHROMATE has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about BICHROMATE
- All 10 letters of BICHROMATE are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does BICHROMATE mean in Scrabble?
noun
chemistry
A salt containing two chromium atoms in its anion, an older name for a dichromate.
Potassium bichromate forms bright orange crystals once used in dyeing, tanning and photography. Modern chemists prefer the name dichromate, and bichromate survives in older books and industry.
How BICHROMATE is used
Older chemical name for dichromate salts such as potassium bichromate.
- Orange crystals of bichromate dissolved in the water.
- Photographers once sensitised paper with bichromate.
- The label warned that the bichromate was toxic.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BICHROMATE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BICHROMATE
2 longer words begin with BICHROMATE.
Shorter words from the letters in BICHROMATE
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Common questions about BICHROMATE
- Is BICHROMATE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BICHROMATE, where it scores 21 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BICHROMATE worth?
- BICHROMATE is worth 19 points in Scrabble and 21 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BICHROMATE mean?
- A salt containing two chromium atoms in its anion, an older name for a dichromate.
- What letters can be added to BICHROMATE?
- BICHROMATE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of BICHROMATE:
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