CHINONE is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. CHINONE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CHINONE?
| 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: 54 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CHINONE is to know. It scores 12 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CHINONE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
chinonesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CHINONE scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in CHINONE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 308,788.
What does CHINONE mean in Scrabble?
noun
chemistry
An older name for quinone, a yellow crystalline organic compound made by oxidising aniline.
Chinone is the form that comes from German chemical writing, where the starting material was a bark known as cinchona. Modern texts now use quinone instead. The word turns up in old chemistry books and in lists of rare words.
How CHINONE is used
An outdated chemical term; now spelled quinone.
- Old German texts describe how to make chinone from aniline.
- The yellow crystals were identified as chinone.
- A footnote explains that chinone is now called quinone.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CHINONE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CHINONE
1 longer words begin with CHINONE.
Shorter words from the letters in CHINONE
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Common questions about CHINONE
- Is CHINONE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CHINONE, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CHINONE worth?
- CHINONE is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CHINONE mean?
- An older name for quinone, a yellow crystalline organic compound made by oxidising aniline.
- What letters can be added to CHINONE?
- CHINONE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of CHINONE:
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