CADAVERINE is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. CADAVERINE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CADAVERINE?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CADAVERINE is to know. It scores 16 from 10 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CADAVERINE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
cadaverinesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CADAVERINE scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in CADAVERINE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CADAVERINE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does CADAVERINE mean in Scrabble?
noun
chemistry
A colourless, foul-smelling chemical formed when proteins in dead animal tissue decay.
Cadaverine is partly responsible for the smell of rotting flesh, though it forms in small amounts in living bodies too. It belongs to the group of compounds once called ptomaines. Chemists also use it as a building block for some plastics.
How CADAVERINE is used
Used in chemistry, forensics and food science when discussing decay and bad odours.
- Cadaverine gives rotting meat its sharp, unpleasant smell.
- Bacteria produce cadaverine as they break down proteins.
- Forensic teams can detect cadaverine in decomposing tissue.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CADAVERINE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CADAVERINE
1 longer words begin with CADAVERINE.
Shorter words from the letters in CADAVERINE
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Common questions about CADAVERINE
- Is CADAVERINE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CADAVERINE, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CADAVERINE worth?
- CADAVERINE is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CADAVERINE mean?
- A colourless, foul-smelling chemical formed when proteins in dead animal tissue decay.
- What letters can be added to CADAVERINE?
- CADAVERINE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of CADAVERINE:
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