CHOLESTERIC is a valid Scrabble word — 18 points
Yes. CHOLESTERIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 18 points in Scrabble and 20 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CHOLESTERIC?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CHOLESTERIC is to know. It scores 18 from 11 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CHOLESTERIC
No single letter turns CHOLESTERIC into another word.
How CHOLESTERIC scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in CHOLESTERIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 2 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CHOLESTERIC has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about CHOLESTERIC
- CHOLESTERIC begins and ends with the same letter.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does CHOLESTERIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technicalchemistry
Relating to cholesterol, or describing a kind of liquid crystal whose molecules lie in twisted layers.
In physics cholesteric names a type of ordered liquid whose layers turn slightly from one to the next. In older chemistry it simply meant connected with cholesterol.
How CHOLESTERIC is used
Cholesteric is mostly met in physics and materials science, in the phrase cholesteric liquid crystal.
- The display used a cholesteric liquid crystal.
- A cholesteric phase reflects light of a particular colour.
- The paper describes a cholesteric material with a tight twist.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CHOLESTERIC and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in CHOLESTERIC
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Common questions about CHOLESTERIC
- Is CHOLESTERIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CHOLESTERIC, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CHOLESTERIC worth?
- CHOLESTERIC is worth 18 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CHOLESTERIC mean?
- Relating to cholesterol, or describing a kind of liquid crystal whose molecules lie in twisted layers.
- What letters can be added to CHOLESTERIC?
- No single letter can be added to CHOLESTERIC to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of CHOLESTERIC:
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