CYANATE is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. CYANATE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CYANATE?
| 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: 55 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CYANATE is to know. It scores 12 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CYANATE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
cyanatesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CYANATE scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in CYANATE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 257,323.
What does CYANATE mean in Scrabble?
noun
chemistry
A salt or ester of cyanic acid.
In chemistry a cyanate contains the group made of carbon, nitrogen and oxygen. Chemists distinguish it from the related cyanide, a more toxic compound with different bonding.
How CYANATE is used
A chemistry term, used in discussions of compounds and reactions.
- Sodium cyanate dissolves easily in water.
- The students prepared a cyanate in the lab.
- Each cyanate in the series reacts differently with acids.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CYANATE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CYANATE
1 longer words begin with CYANATE.
Shorter words from the letters in CYANATE
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Common questions about CYANATE
- Is CYANATE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CYANATE, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CYANATE worth?
- CYANATE is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CYANATE mean?
- A salt or ester of cyanic acid.
- What letters can be added to CYANATE?
- CYANATE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of CYANATE:
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