CRESOL is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. CRESOL 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 CRESOL?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CRESOL is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CRESOL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
cresolsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CRESOL scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in CRESOL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 64,673.
What stands out about CRESOL
- The same 6 tiles also spell 3 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does CRESOL mean in Scrabble?
noun
chemistry
Any of three closely related oily compounds derived from coal tar or wood tar, used chiefly as disinfectants and in making other chemicals.
Cresol is chemically close to phenol, differing only by an added methyl group, and the three versions differ only in where that group attaches to the ring. Because of its strong germ-killing properties, cresol has long been used to make disinfectant solutions and soaps, most familiar from the sharp-smelling cleaners once common in hospitals and stables. Industrially, it also serves as a starting material for making resins, herbicides, and other chemical products.
How CRESOL is used
A technical chemistry term, most familiar to non-specialists through older disinfectant products with a sharp, tarry smell.
- The lab technician handled the cresol solution with gloves and a fume hood.
- Cresol gives some older disinfectants their sharp, tarry smell.
- The factory produced cresol as a raw material for resin manufacturing.
- Three isomers of cresol differ only in the position of one methyl group.
- Older stable cleaners often listed cresol among their active ingredients.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CRESOL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of CRESOL
The 6 tiles of CRESOL in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with CRESOL
1 longer words begin with CRESOL.
Shorter words from the letters in CRESOL
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Common questions about CRESOL
- Is CRESOL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CRESOL, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CRESOL worth?
- CRESOL is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CRESOL mean?
- Any of three closely related oily compounds derived from coal tar or wood tar, used chiefly as disinfectants and in making other chemicals.
- What letters can be added to CRESOL?
- CRESOL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of CRESOL:
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