CINCHONA is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. CINCHONA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CINCHONA?
| 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: 43 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CINCHONA is to know. It scores 15 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CINCHONA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
cinchonasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CINCHONA scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in CINCHONA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 2 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CINCHONA has to be built on the board across turns.
What does CINCHONA mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
A South American evergreen tree whose bark is the source of quinine.
The cinchona grows on the slopes of the Andes and was once the only known remedy for malaria. Its bark is still harvested and used to flavour tonic water.
How CINCHONA is used
Used in botany, medicine and the history of drugs.
- The bark of the cinchona was shipped to Europe in bundles.
- Plantations of cinchona were later set up in Java and India.
- A cinchona tree can reach several metres in height.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CINCHONA and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CINCHONA
2 longer words begin with CINCHONA.
Shorter words from the letters in CINCHONA
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Common questions about CINCHONA
- Is CINCHONA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CINCHONA, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CINCHONA worth?
- CINCHONA is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CINCHONA mean?
- A South American evergreen tree whose bark is the source of quinine.
- What letters can be added to CINCHONA?
- CINCHONA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of CINCHONA:
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