CRYOTRON is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. CRYOTRON is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CRYOTRON?
| 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: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CRYOTRON is to know. It scores 13 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CRYOTRON
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
cryotronsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CRYOTRON scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in CRYOTRON, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CRYOTRON has to be built on the board across turns.
What does CRYOTRON mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A tiny electronic switch that works at the temperature of liquid helium.
Its action depends on superconductivity, which a magnetic field can switch off. Early computer designers studied the cryotron as a possible building block for fast, compact circuits.
How CRYOTRON is used
A historical term from 1950s and 1960s electronics and low-temperature physics.
- A single cryotron can be switched by a small magnetic field.
- The lab built a memory cell from a wire-wound cryotron.
- Interest in the cryotron faded as transistors improved.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CRYOTRON and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CRYOTRON
1 longer words begin with CRYOTRON.
Shorter words from the letters in CRYOTRON
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Common questions about CRYOTRON
- Is CRYOTRON valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CRYOTRON, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CRYOTRON worth?
- CRYOTRON is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CRYOTRON mean?
- A tiny electronic switch that works at the temperature of liquid helium.
- What letters can be added to CRYOTRON?
- CRYOTRON takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of CRYOTRON:
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