CARBOXYLATE is a valid Scrabble word — 25 points
Yes. CARBOXYLATE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 25 points in Scrabble and 27 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CARBOXYLATE?
| 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: 40 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CARBOXYLATE is to know. It scores 25 from 11 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CARBOXYLATE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CARBOXYLATE scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in CARBOXYLATE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| x | 1 | 1 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CARBOXYLATE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does CARBOXYLATE mean in Scrabble?
noun
chemistry
A salt or ester formed from a carboxylic acid.
When a carboxylic acid loses its hydrogen ion, what remains is a carboxylate, which is why soaps are described as carboxylates of fatty acids. As a verb, the word means to add a carboxyl group to a compound.
How CARBOXYLATE is used
Used in organic chemistry, as a noun for the compound and sometimes as a verb for the reaction.
- Sodium acetate is a simple carboxylate.
- The carboxylate group binds strongly to metal ions.
- Chemists can carboxylate the molecule under high pressure.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CARBOXYLATE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CARBOXYLATE
2 longer words begin with CARBOXYLATE.
Shorter words from the letters in CARBOXYLATE
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Common questions about CARBOXYLATE
- Is CARBOXYLATE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CARBOXYLATE, where it scores 27 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CARBOXYLATE worth?
- CARBOXYLATE is worth 25 points in Scrabble and 27 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CARBOXYLATE mean?
- A salt or ester formed from a carboxylic acid.
- What letters can be added to CARBOXYLATE?
- CARBOXYLATE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of CARBOXYLATE:
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