BIVINYL is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. BIVINYL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BIVINYL?
| 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: 54 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BIVINYL is to know. It scores 15 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BIVINYL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
bivinylsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BIVINYL scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in BIVINYL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,316 thousand.
What does BIVINYL mean in Scrabble?
noun
chemistry
A flammable gas, better known as butadiene, used to manufacture synthetic rubber.
Bivinyl is an older chemical name that is now mostly replaced by butadiene. Industrial chemists once met the term in discussions of tyre rubber production.
How BIVINYL is used
Bivinyl turns up in older chemistry texts and word lists rather than in everyday speech.
- The textbook lists bivinyl as another name for butadiene.
- Bivinyl is a gas at room temperature and burns easily.
- Factories turned bivinyl into rubber during the war.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BIVINYL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BIVINYL
1 longer words begin with BIVINYL.
Shorter words from the letters in BIVINYL
Common questions about BIVINYL
- Is BIVINYL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BIVINYL, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BIVINYL worth?
- BIVINYL is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BIVINYL mean?
- A flammable gas, better known as butadiene, used to manufacture synthetic rubber.
- What letters can be added to BIVINYL?
- BIVINYL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of BIVINYL:
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