CARBANION is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. CARBANION is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CARBANION?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CARBANION is to know. It scores 13 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CARBANION
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
carbanionsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CARBANION scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in CARBANION, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CARBANION has to be built on the board across turns.
What does CARBANION mean in Scrabble?
noun
chemistry
An organic ion in which a carbon atom carries a negative charge.
A carbanion is highly reactive and acts as a strong nucleophile that attacks positive centres in other molecules. Chemists meet it in many bond-forming reactions.
How CARBANION is used
The word carbanion appears in organic chemistry courses and papers.
- Removing a proton from the molecule produced a carbanion.
- The carbanion attacked the carbonyl carbon of the ketone.
- A stable carbanion needs groups that spread out its charge.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CARBANION and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CARBANION
1 longer words begin with CARBANION.
Shorter words from the letters in CARBANION
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Common questions about CARBANION
- Is CARBANION valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CARBANION, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CARBANION worth?
- CARBANION is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CARBANION mean?
- An organic ion in which a carbon atom carries a negative charge.
- What letters can be added to CARBANION?
- CARBANION takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of CARBANION:
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