CONVECTION is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. CONVECTION is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 22 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CONVECTION?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CONVECTION is to know. It scores 17 from 10 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CONVECTION
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
convectionsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CONVECTION scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in CONVECTION, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 2 | 2 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CONVECTION has to be built on the board across turns.
What does CONVECTION mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
The transfer of heat through a liquid or gas as warmer, lighter portions rise and cooler, denser portions sink.
Convection explains why a pot of water heats through and why warm air climbs above a radiator. It is one of the three ways heat travels, next to conduction and radiation. On a huge scale it drives winds and ocean currents.
How CONVECTION is used
Convection is used in physics, cooking and weather science, often in phrases such as convection oven or convection current.
- Heat moves through the room by convection as warm air rises.
- A convection oven blows hot air around the food.
- Convection currents in the pan stirred the soup without a spoon.
- The storm grew from strong convection over the warm sea.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CONVECTION and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CONVECTION
2 longer words begin with CONVECTION.
Shorter words from the letters in CONVECTION
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Common questions about CONVECTION
- Is CONVECTION valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CONVECTION, where it scores 22 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CONVECTION worth?
- CONVECTION is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 22 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CONVECTION mean?
- The transfer of heat through a liquid or gas as warmer, lighter portions rise and cooler, denser portions sink.
- What letters can be added to CONVECTION?
- CONVECTION takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of CONVECTION:
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