CYANO is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. CYANO is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CYANO?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CYANO is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CYANO
No single letter turns CYANO into another word.
How CYANO scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in CYANO, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 43,569.
What does CYANO mean in Scrabble?
adjective
chemistry
Describing the chemical group -CN, made of one carbon atom triple-bonded to one nitrogen atom, when it is attached to a larger molecule.
Cyano is written as a prefix in chemical names to show that the group is attached to a larger molecule, as in cyanoacrylate, the compound used in fast-setting glue. Outside strict chemistry, the same root shows up in words like cyanosis, a bluish skin discoloration caused by low oxygen, because the group was first isolated from a compound found in Prussian blue dye.
How CYANO is used
A technical prefix from organic and inorganic chemistry, rarely used outside specialist writing.
- The label listed a cyano compound among the reactive ingredients.
- Chemists use the cyano group to modify a molecule's reactivity.
- Cyanoacrylate glue owes its fast bonding to a reactive cyano group.
- A cyano substituent replaced the hydrogen atom in the lab synthesis.
- The chart marked every cyano-containing compound with a red dot.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CYANO and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CYANO
Showing 24 of 36 words that begin with CYANO.
Words with CYANO inside
8 words contain CYANO in the middle. Words that start with CYANO are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in CYANO
Common questions about CYANO
- Is CYANO valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CYANO, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CYANO worth?
- CYANO is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CYANO mean?
- Describing the chemical group -CN, made of one carbon atom triple-bonded to one nitrogen atom, when it is attached to a larger molecule.
- What letters can be added to CYANO?
- No single letter can be added to CYANO to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of CYANO:
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