COUNTERSTAIN is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. COUNTERSTAIN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept COUNTERSTAIN?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful COUNTERSTAIN is to know. It scores 14 from 12 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for COUNTERSTAIN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
counterstainsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How COUNTERSTAIN scores
Face value of the 12 tiles in COUNTERSTAIN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so COUNTERSTAIN has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about COUNTERSTAIN
- COUNTERSTAIN contains every vowel — A, E, I, O and U.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does COUNTERSTAIN mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A second dye used on a microscope sample to give contrast against the first one.
In the Gram method, a pink counterstain colours the cells that did not hold the main violet dye. The extra colour lets a technician tell different kinds of cell or tissue apart. As a verb it describes the act of applying that second dye.
How COUNTERSTAIN is used
Counterstain is a laboratory term used in microscopy and tissue staining.
- A pink counterstain made the unstained cells easy to see.
- The technician applied a counterstain after rinsing the slide.
- Without a counterstain, the background would blend into the sample.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of COUNTERSTAIN and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of COUNTERSTAIN
The 12 tiles of COUNTERSTAIN in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with COUNTERSTAIN
3 longer words begin with COUNTERSTAIN.
Shorter words from the letters in COUNTERSTAIN
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Common questions about COUNTERSTAIN
- Is COUNTERSTAIN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts COUNTERSTAIN, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is COUNTERSTAIN worth?
- COUNTERSTAIN is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does COUNTERSTAIN mean?
- A second dye used on a microscope sample to give contrast against the first one.
- What letters can be added to COUNTERSTAIN?
- COUNTERSTAIN takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 12 letters of COUNTERSTAIN:
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