CENTRIFUGE is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. CENTRIFUGE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 20 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CENTRIFUGE?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CENTRIFUGE is to know. It scores 16 from 10 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CENTRIFUGE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CENTRIFUGE scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in CENTRIFUGE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| f | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CENTRIFUGE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does CENTRIFUGE mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A machine that spins a container at high speed so that its contents separate according to density.
A centrifuge flings heavier material to the outside of the spinning tube while lighter material stays nearer the middle. Laboratories use one to split blood into its parts, and dairies use it to take cream from milk. As a verb, to centrifuge a sample means to spin it in such a machine.
How CENTRIFUGE is used
Common in laboratories, medicine and industry, and also used as a verb for spinning a sample.
- The technician placed the blood sample in the centrifuge.
- A centrifuge separates cream from milk quickly.
- The washing machine acts as a small centrifuge when it spins.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CENTRIFUGE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CENTRIFUGE
4 longer words begin with CENTRIFUGE.
Shorter words from the letters in CENTRIFUGE
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Common questions about CENTRIFUGE
- Is CENTRIFUGE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CENTRIFUGE, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CENTRIFUGE worth?
- CENTRIFUGE is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CENTRIFUGE mean?
- A machine that spins a container at high speed so that its contents separate according to density.
- What letters can be added to CENTRIFUGE?
- CENTRIFUGE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of CENTRIFUGE:
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