CYANINE is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. CYANINE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CYANINE?
| 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 CYANINE 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 CYANINE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
cyaninesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CYANINE scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in CYANINE, 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 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 274,478.
What does CYANINE mean in Scrabble?
noun
chemistry
Any of a group of blue dyes, including those used to make photographic plates sensitive to more colours.
A cyanine dye was first valued in calico printing and later became important in photography and in laboratory labelling. The group is known for strong colours that depend on the length of the molecule.
How CYANINE is used
A chemical and photographic term, seldom met outside technical writing.
- The plate was treated with cyanine to widen its colour range.
- Biologists attach a cyanine label to proteins in order to track them.
- A cyanine solution gave the fabric a deep blue tone.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CYANINE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CYANINE
1 longer words begin with CYANINE.
Shorter words from the letters in CYANINE
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Common questions about CYANINE
- Is CYANINE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CYANINE, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CYANINE worth?
- CYANINE is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CYANINE mean?
- Any of a group of blue dyes, including those used to make photographic plates sensitive to more colours.
- What letters can be added to CYANINE?
- CYANINE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of CYANINE:
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