COUMARIN is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. COUMARIN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept COUMARIN?
| 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: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful COUMARIN is to know. It scores 12 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for COUMARIN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
coumarinsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How COUMARIN scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in COUMARIN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so COUMARIN has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about COUMARIN
- All 8 letters of COUMARIN are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does COUMARIN mean in Scrabble?
noun
chemistry
A fragrant white crystalline compound with a vanilla-like scent, found in many plants such as tonka beans.
Perfumers value coumarin for its sweet hay-like note, and it once flavoured foods until health concerns limited its use. Chemists also treat it as the parent of a family of related compounds.
How COUMARIN is used
Appears in chemistry, perfumery and food-safety discussions.
- The perfume owes its warm scent to coumarin.
- Authorities restrict the amount of coumarin allowed in food.
- Chemists isolated coumarin from the tonka bean.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of COUMARIN and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of COUMARIN
The 8 tiles of COUMARIN in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with COUMARIN
1 longer words begin with COUMARIN.
Shorter words from the letters in COUMARIN
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Common questions about COUMARIN
- Is COUMARIN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts COUMARIN, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is COUMARIN worth?
- COUMARIN is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does COUMARIN mean?
- A fragrant white crystalline compound with a vanilla-like scent, found in many plants such as tonka beans.
- What letters can be added to COUMARIN?
- COUMARIN takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of COUMARIN:
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