CALCINE is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. CALCINE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CALCINE?
| 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: 56 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CALCINE is to know. It scores 11 from 7 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CALCINE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CALCINE scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in CALCINE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 2 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 686,195.
What does CALCINE mean in Scrabble?
verb
technical
To heat a substance to a high temperature so that it loses moisture or gas and turns to powder or oxide.
To calcine limestone is to drive off carbon dioxide and leave quicklime. Metals can also be calcined, which means they are changed into their oxides by strong heat.
How CALCINE is used
The word calcine is used in chemistry, metallurgy and cement making.
- The workers calcine limestone in a large kiln.
- They had to calcine the ore before smelting it.
- Bones were heated to calcine them into a fine white ash.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CALCINE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CALCINE
2 longer words begin with CALCINE.
Shorter words from the letters in CALCINE
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Common questions about CALCINE
- Is CALCINE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CALCINE, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CALCINE worth?
- CALCINE is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CALCINE mean?
- To heat a substance to a high temperature so that it loses moisture or gas and turns to powder or oxide.
- What letters can be added to CALCINE?
- CALCINE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of CALCINE:
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