CYANIN is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. CYANIN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CYANIN?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CYANIN is to know. It scores 11 from 6 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CYANIN
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CYANIN scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in CYANIN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 245,278.
What does CYANIN mean in Scrabble?
noun
chemistry
A blue plant pigment found in flowers such as the cornflower; also a family of dyes once used in photography.
Cyanin is one of the natural pigments that colour petals, and it changes shade with the acidity of the sap, appearing red in some flowers and blue in others. The word comes from the Greek for dark blue, the same root as cyan. In early photography related cyanin dyes were used to make plates sensitive to a wider range of colours.
How CYANIN is used
Technical; used in plant chemistry and the history of photography.
- The cyanin in the cornflower gives its petals a deep blue.
- Chemists extracted cyanin from the dried flower heads.
- Soil acidity can shift the colour that cyanin produces.
- An old manual mentions cyanin as a dye for photographic plates.
- Red roses and blue cornflowers owe their colour to related pigments, including cyanin.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CYANIN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CYANIN
3 longer words begin with CYANIN.
Shorter words from the letters in CYANIN
Common questions about CYANIN
- Is CYANIN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CYANIN, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CYANIN worth?
- CYANIN is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CYANIN mean?
- A blue plant pigment found in flowers such as the cornflower; also a family of dyes once used in photography.
- What letters can be added to CYANIN?
- CYANIN takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of CYANIN:
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