BUTYL is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. BUTYL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BUTYL?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BUTYL is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 3.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BUTYL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
butylsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BUTYL scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in BUTYL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 196,061.
What does BUTYL mean in Scrabble?
noun
chemistry
The chemical group C4H9, derived from butane, used especially in compounds such as butyl rubber.
Butyl names the four-carbon hydrocarbon group obtained from butane by removing one hydrogen atom, and it appears as part of many compound names. The word is best known through butyl rubber, a synthetic rubber valued for trapping air and found in tyre inner tubes and sealants.
How BUTYL is used
Technical chemistry term, most familiar to non-specialists through the compound butyl rubber.
- The label listed butyl alcohol among the solvent's ingredients.
- Butyl rubber is prized for how well it holds air.
- Chemists attached a butyl group to the base molecule.
- The inner tube was made from tough butyl rubber.
- The factory stored drums of butyl acetate in a ventilated shed.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BUTYL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BUTYL
9 longer words begin with BUTYL.
Words ending in BUTYL
2 words end in BUTYL. Useful as a back hook: play BUTYL onto a word already on the board.
Words with BUTYL inside
5 words contain BUTYL in the middle. Words that start with BUTYL are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in BUTYL
Common questions about BUTYL
- Is BUTYL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BUTYL, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BUTYL worth?
- BUTYL is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BUTYL mean?
- The chemical group C4H9, derived from butane, used especially in compounds such as butyl rubber.
- What letters can be added to BUTYL?
- BUTYL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of BUTYL:
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