BRUCINE is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. BRUCINE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BRUCINE?
| 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: 52 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BRUCINE is to know. It scores 11 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BRUCINE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
brucinesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BRUCINE scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in BRUCINE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 257,323.
What does BRUCINE mean in Scrabble?
noun
chemistry
A bitter, very poisonous alkaloid obtained from the seeds of the nux vomica tree.
Brucine resembles strychnine but acts more weakly. It has been used to make alcohol undrinkable, and chemists also use it to separate certain mirror-image molecules.
How BRUCINE is used
The word brucine is a technical term in chemistry and toxicology.
- The label warned that brucine is highly toxic.
- Brucine is extracted from the seeds of a tropical tree.
- A small amount of brucine was added to denature the alcohol.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BRUCINE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BRUCINE
1 longer words begin with BRUCINE.
Shorter words from the letters in BRUCINE
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Common questions about BRUCINE
- Is BRUCINE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BRUCINE, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BRUCINE worth?
- BRUCINE is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BRUCINE mean?
- A bitter, very poisonous alkaloid obtained from the seeds of the nux vomica tree.
- What letters can be added to BRUCINE?
- BRUCINE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of BRUCINE:
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