CARBONYLIC is a valid Scrabble word — 19 points
Yes. CARBONYLIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 19 points in Scrabble and 23 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CARBONYLIC?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CARBONYLIC is to know. It scores 19 from 10 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CARBONYLIC
No single letter turns CARBONYLIC into another word.
How CARBONYLIC scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in CARBONYLIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 2 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CARBONYLIC has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about CARBONYLIC
- CARBONYLIC begins and ends with the same letter.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does CARBONYLIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
chemistry
Relating to or containing the carbonyl group, a carbon atom double-bonded to an oxygen atom.
A carbonylic compound, such as an aldehyde or ketone, owes much of its reactivity to that one group. Chemists use the adjective when they want to talk about the group as a feature rather than name a specific substance. It appears mostly in organic chemistry texts.
How CARBONYLIC is used
Used in organic chemistry and spectroscopy.
- The spectrum showed a strong carbonylic absorption.
- Ketones are carbonylic compounds.
- A carbonylic oxygen can accept a hydrogen bond.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CARBONYLIC and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in CARBONYLIC
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Common questions about CARBONYLIC
- Is CARBONYLIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CARBONYLIC, where it scores 23 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CARBONYLIC worth?
- CARBONYLIC is worth 19 points in Scrabble and 23 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CARBONYLIC mean?
- Relating to or containing the carbonyl group, a carbon atom double-bonded to an oxygen atom.
- What letters can be added to CARBONYLIC?
- No single letter can be added to CARBONYLIC to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of CARBONYLIC:
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