BUTYRAL is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. BUTYRAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BUTYRAL?
| 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: 50 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BUTYRAL is to know. It scores 12 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BUTYRAL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
butyralsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BUTYRAL scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in BUTYRAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 771,970.
What does BUTYRAL mean in Scrabble?
noun
chemistry
Any acetal of butyraldehyde, especially a type of resin used in coatings and safety glass.
Butyral is a chemistry term best known from polyvinyl butyral, the clear plastic layer that holds laminated windscreens together when they crack. Outside industry and laboratories the word is hardly ever used.
How BUTYRAL is used
Butyral is a technical term from chemistry and materials science.
- The glass layers are bonded with a thin sheet of butyral.
- The chemist described how butyral forms from butyraldehyde.
- A butyral resin gave the coating its flexibility.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BUTYRAL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BUTYRAL
3 longer words begin with BUTYRAL.
Shorter words from the letters in BUTYRAL
Showing 40 of 94. See all in the Word Finder
Common questions about BUTYRAL
- Is BUTYRAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BUTYRAL, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BUTYRAL worth?
- BUTYRAL is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BUTYRAL mean?
- Any acetal of butyraldehyde, especially a type of resin used in coatings and safety glass.
- What letters can be added to BUTYRAL?
- BUTYRAL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of BUTYRAL:
Open BUTYRAL in the Word Finder