CARBAMYL is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. CARBAMYL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 20 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CARBAMYL?
| 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: 43 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CARBAMYL is to know. It scores 17 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CARBAMYL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
carbamylsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CARBAMYL scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in CARBAMYL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CARBAMYL has to be built on the board across turns.
What does CARBAMYL mean in Scrabble?
noun
chemistry
A chemical group derived from carbamic acid, with the formula NH2CO.
Carbamyl is the name chemists give to this radical when it is attached to other molecules, such as in carbamyl phosphate, a step in making urea. Newer texts usually prefer the form carbamoyl. The group links the biochemistry of nitrogen to everyday metabolism.
How CARBAMYL is used
Carbamyl is an older chemical name, mostly in biochemistry and organic chemistry.
- The carbamyl group was attached to the amino acid.
- A carbamyl radical forms when carbamic acid loses a hydroxyl.
- Textbooks of the period list carbamyl compounds separately.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CARBAMYL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CARBAMYL
1 longer words begin with CARBAMYL.
Shorter words from the letters in CARBAMYL
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Common questions about CARBAMYL
- Is CARBAMYL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CARBAMYL, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CARBAMYL worth?
- CARBAMYL is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CARBAMYL mean?
- A chemical group derived from carbamic acid, with the formula NH2CO.
- What letters can be added to CARBAMYL?
- CARBAMYL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of CARBAMYL:
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