CONTAMINATOR is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. CONTAMINATOR is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 20 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CONTAMINATOR?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CONTAMINATOR is to know. It scores 16 from 12 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CONTAMINATOR
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
contaminatorsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CONTAMINATOR scores
Face value of the 12 tiles in CONTAMINATOR, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CONTAMINATOR has to be built on the board across turns.
What does CONTAMINATOR mean in Scrabble?
noun
rare
A person or agent that makes something impure by introducing harmful substances.
A contaminator is whatever spoils water, food or a sample, whether a careless worker or a leaking factory. The word is less common than pollutant, and a contaminator may be a person as well as a substance.
How CONTAMINATOR is used
Contaminator is uncommon and appears in environmental, laboratory and legal contexts.
- The inspector named the factory as the main contaminator of the river.
- A single contaminator ruined the whole batch.
- Laboratory staff must avoid becoming a contaminator of the samples.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CONTAMINATOR and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CONTAMINATOR
1 longer words begin with CONTAMINATOR.
Shorter words from the letters in CONTAMINATOR
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Common questions about CONTAMINATOR
- Is CONTAMINATOR valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CONTAMINATOR, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CONTAMINATOR worth?
- CONTAMINATOR is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CONTAMINATOR mean?
- A person or agent that makes something impure by introducing harmful substances.
- What letters can be added to CONTAMINATOR?
- CONTAMINATOR takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 12 letters of CONTAMINATOR:
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