CATECHIN is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. CATECHIN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CATECHIN?
| 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: 45 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CATECHIN is to know. It scores 15 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CATECHIN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
catechinsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CATECHIN scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in CATECHIN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 2 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CATECHIN has to be built on the board across turns.
What does CATECHIN mean in Scrabble?
noun
chemistry
A colourless crystalline compound of the tannin family, obtained from catechu and found in tea and some woods.
Chemists know catechin as a plant polyphenol with a bitter, astringent character. It turns up in discussions of green tea and in the older literature on tanning and dyeing.
How CATECHIN is used
Used in chemistry, food science and nutrition writing about plant compounds.
- Green tea leaves are a well-known source of catechin.
- The extract was found to contain catechin in measurable amounts.
- Early dyers valued catechin for the brown shades it gave to cloth.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CATECHIN and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of CATECHIN
The 8 tiles of CATECHIN in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with CATECHIN
1 longer words begin with CATECHIN.
Shorter words from the letters in CATECHIN
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Common questions about CATECHIN
- Is CATECHIN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CATECHIN, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CATECHIN worth?
- CATECHIN is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CATECHIN mean?
- A colourless crystalline compound of the tannin family, obtained from catechu and found in tea and some woods.
- What letters can be added to CATECHIN?
- CATECHIN takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of CATECHIN:
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