BUTYLATE is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. BUTYLATE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BUTYLATE?
| 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: 45 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BUTYLATE is to know. It scores 13 from 8 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BUTYLATE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BUTYLATE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in BUTYLATE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so BUTYLATE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does BUTYLATE mean in Scrabble?
verb
chemistrytechnical
To add a butyl group to a chemical compound.
Chemists butylate a molecule to change its properties, for instance its solubility. The term belongs to organic synthesis and appears mostly in lab procedures.
How BUTYLATE is used
A technical verb used in chemistry papers and lab manuals.
- The team chose to butylate the phenol in the second step.
- To butylate the compound, they used a strong base.
- Researchers butylate the starting material before purification.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BUTYLATE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BUTYLATE
2 longer words begin with BUTYLATE.
Shorter words from the letters in BUTYLATE
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Common questions about BUTYLATE
- Is BUTYLATE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BUTYLATE, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BUTYLATE worth?
- BUTYLATE is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BUTYLATE mean?
- To add a butyl group to a chemical compound.
- What letters can be added to BUTYLATE?
- BUTYLATE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of BUTYLATE:
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