BUTYRYL is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. BUTYRYL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BUTYRYL?
| 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: 51 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BUTYRYL is to know. It scores 15 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 3.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BUTYRYL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
butyrylsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BUTYRYL scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in BUTYRYL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| y | 2 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 13,895 thousand.
What stands out about BUTYRYL
- BUTYRYL gets by on a single vowel across 7 letters.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does BUTYRYL mean in Scrabble?
noun
chemistry
A chemical group derived from butyric acid.
Butyryl is a radical that appears in compounds such as butyryl chloride. Chemists use the name to describe part of a molecule.
How BUTYRYL is used
Butyryl is technical chemistry vocabulary, usually seen in compound names.
- The compound carries a butyryl group on one end.
- Butyryl chloride reacts quickly with water.
- The chart shows the butyryl radical.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BUTYRYL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BUTYRYL
1 longer words begin with BUTYRYL.
Shorter words from the letters in BUTYRYL
Common questions about BUTYRYL
- Is BUTYRYL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BUTYRYL, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BUTYRYL worth?
- BUTYRYL is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BUTYRYL mean?
- A chemical group derived from butyric acid.
- What letters can be added to BUTYRYL?
- BUTYRYL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of BUTYRYL:
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