CYANAMID is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. CYANAMID is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CYANAMID?
| 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: 47 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CYANAMID is to know. It scores 16 from 8 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CYANAMID
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CYANAMID scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in CYANAMID, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CYANAMID has to be built on the board across turns.
What does CYANAMID mean in Scrabble?
noun
chemistry
A white crystalline compound of nitrogen, carbon, and hydrogen that is the amide of cyanogen and is used in making fertilizers and plastics.
In chemistry cyanamid is the name of a small reactive molecule, also spelled cyanamide. Its calcium salt, calcium cyanamid, has long been used to put nitrogen into soil. The word appears mainly in industrial and scientific texts.
How CYANAMID is used
Technical; cyanamid is a chemical term, often seen in the phrase calcium cyanamid.
- The farmer spread calcium cyanamid over the field before planting.
- Pure cyanamid is a colourless solid that dissolves in water.
- The plant produced cyanamid as a step toward making plastics.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CYANAMID and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of CYANAMID
The 8 tiles of CYANAMID in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with CYANAMID
3 longer words begin with CYANAMID.
Shorter words from the letters in CYANAMID
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Common questions about CYANAMID
- Is CYANAMID valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CYANAMID, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CYANAMID worth?
- CYANAMID is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CYANAMID mean?
- A white crystalline compound of nitrogen, carbon, and hydrogen that is the amide of cyanogen and is used in making fertilizers and plastics.
- What letters can be added to CYANAMID?
- CYANAMID takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of CYANAMID:
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