CETANE is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. CETANE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CETANE?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CETANE is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CETANE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
cetanesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CETANE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in CETANE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 27,873.
What does CETANE mean in Scrabble?
noun
chemistry
A colourless liquid hydrocarbon of the alkane series, used as a reference fuel and as the basis of the cetane number that rates diesel fuel quality.
Cetane, also known chemically as hexadecane, ignites easily under compression, which is exactly the quality diesel engines rely on, so chemists chose it as the high-ignition reference point for the cetane number scale used worldwide to grade diesel fuel. A higher cetane number means a fuel ignites more readily and burns more smoothly in a diesel engine, affecting starting, noise and emissions. The compound itself is a simple, unbranched hydrocarbon distilled from petroleum. Engineers and fuel chemists use the word constantly, though most drivers only meet it printed on a fuel pump as a rating rather than as a chemical name.
How CETANE is used
A technical term from petroleum chemistry, most familiar to the public through the cetane number printed on diesel fuel.
- The laboratory tested a sample of pure cetane as its reference fuel.
- A higher cetane number generally means smoother diesel combustion.
- Engineers measured how quickly the cetane ignited under pressure.
- The fuel additive was designed to raise the cetane rating.
- Chemists chose cetane as the standard for comparing ignition quality.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CETANE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of CETANE
The 6 tiles of CETANE in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with CETANE
1 longer words begin with CETANE.
Shorter words from the letters in CETANE
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Common questions about CETANE
- Is CETANE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CETANE, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CETANE worth?
- CETANE is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CETANE mean?
- A colourless liquid hydrocarbon of the alkane series, used as a reference fuel and as the basis of the cetane number that rates diesel fuel quality.
- What letters can be added to CETANE?
- CETANE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of CETANE:
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