CANNABIN is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. CANNABIN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CANNABIN?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 42 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CANNABIN is to know. It scores 12 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CANNABIN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
cannabinsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CANNABIN scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in CANNABIN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| n | 3 | 6 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CANNABIN has to be built on the board across turns.
What does CANNABIN mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
A resin extracted from hemp, once thought to be the active narcotic ingredient of the plant.
Nineteenth-century chemists gave the name cannabin to the crude resin they isolated from Indian hemp. Modern research has replaced it with separate compounds, so the term survives mostly in old texts.
How CANNABIN is used
Found in historical chemistry and pharmacy writing, now largely superseded.
- The old pharmacist listed cannabin among his rare resins.
- Early chemists believed cannabin was the source of the drug's effects.
- A sample of cannabin was kept in a sealed jar.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CANNABIN and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CANNABIN
5 longer words begin with CANNABIN.
Shorter words from the letters in CANNABIN
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Common questions about CANNABIN
- Is CANNABIN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CANNABIN, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CANNABIN worth?
- CANNABIN is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CANNABIN mean?
- A resin extracted from hemp, once thought to be the active narcotic ingredient of the plant.
- What letters can be added to CANNABIN?
- CANNABIN takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of CANNABIN:
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