CITRIN is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. CITRIN 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 CITRIN?
| 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 CITRIN is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CITRIN
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CITRIN scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in CITRIN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 76,649.
What does CITRIN mean in Scrabble?
noun
chemistry
A group of plant compounds found in citrus fruits, once called vitamin P, that were thought to strengthen the walls of small blood vessels.
Scientists in the 1930s isolated citrin from lemon peel and initially treated it as a true vitamin, naming it vitamin P alongside vitamin C, which had just been identified in the same fruit. Later research showed that citrin is really a mixture of related plant compounds called bioflavonoids rather than a single essential nutrient, so most chemists and nutritionists dropped the vitamin label. The substance is still credited with helping to keep the walls of capillaries strong, which is why some supplement makers continue to list citrin alongside vitamin C. Citrus fruits such as lemons, oranges and grapefruit remain the main natural source of citrin in the diet.
How CITRIN is used
A specialised term from chemistry and nutrition history, now used mostly by researchers rather than in everyday speech.
- Early researchers named the substance citrin, calling it vitamin P.
- Citrin occurs naturally in the white pith of citrus fruits.
- The supplement combined citrin with vitamin C for capillary support.
- Later studies reclassified citrin as a group of bioflavonoids.
- Lemon peel yielded the first sample of citrin ever isolated.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CITRIN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of CITRIN
The 6 tiles of CITRIN in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with CITRIN
5 longer words begin with CITRIN.
Shorter words from the letters in CITRIN
Common questions about CITRIN
- Is CITRIN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CITRIN, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CITRIN worth?
- CITRIN is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CITRIN mean?
- A group of plant compounds found in citrus fruits, once called vitamin P, that were thought to strengthen the walls of small blood vessels.
- What letters can be added to CITRIN?
- CITRIN takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of CITRIN:
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