CRESYL is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. CRESYL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CRESYL?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CRESYL is to know. It scores 11 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CRESYL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
cresylsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CRESYL scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in CRESYL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 258,692.
What stands out about CRESYL
- CRESYL gets by on a single vowel across 6 letters.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does CRESYL mean in Scrabble?
noun
chemistry
A chemical group made of a methyl-substituted benzene ring joined through oxygen, found in compounds derived from cresol.
Cresyl appears in the names of organic compounds that are built from cresol, a coal-tar relative of phenol. Chemists use it as a prefix-like term, so that cresyl acetate is the acetate ester of a cresol. The same word turns up in older dye and disinfectant names, where it hints at a coal-tar origin.
How CRESYL is used
Technical; used in organic chemistry and in older dye and antiseptic product names.
- The label listed cresyl acetate among the ingredients of the sample.
- A cresyl group sits where the hydrogen atom used to be.
- The old manual described a cresyl compound used as a disinfectant.
- Students drew the cresyl ring and marked the position of the methyl group.
- The solvent contained a trace of a cresyl derivative.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CRESYL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CRESYL
2 longer words begin with CRESYL.
Shorter words from the letters in CRESYL
Common questions about CRESYL
- Is CRESYL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CRESYL, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CRESYL worth?
- CRESYL is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CRESYL mean?
- A chemical group made of a methyl-substituted benzene ring joined through oxygen, found in compounds derived from cresol.
- What letters can be added to CRESYL?
- CRESYL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of CRESYL:
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