DYNATRON is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. DYNATRON 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 DYNATRON?
| 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: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DYNATRON is to know. It scores 12 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DYNATRON
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
dynatronsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DYNATRON scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in DYNATRON, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so DYNATRON has to be built on the board across turns.
What does DYNATRON mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A type of four-electrode vacuum tube whose plate current falls as plate voltage rises, once used in oscillators.
The odd behaviour of the dynatron comes from secondary electrons knocked loose from its plate, which produce what engineers call negative resistance. Early radio designers exploited the dynatron to build simple oscillators before transistors replaced such valves.
How DYNATRON is used
A historical electronics term, found in old radio engineering texts.
- The engineer built a test oscillator around a dynatron.
- A dynatron shows falling current when its plate voltage is raised.
- Old radio manuals describe the dynatron circuit in detail.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DYNATRON and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with DYNATRON
1 longer words begin with DYNATRON.
Shorter words from the letters in DYNATRON
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Common questions about DYNATRON
- Is DYNATRON valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DYNATRON, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DYNATRON worth?
- DYNATRON is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DYNATRON mean?
- A type of four-electrode vacuum tube whose plate current falls as plate voltage rises, once used in oscillators.
- What letters can be added to DYNATRON?
- DYNATRON takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of DYNATRON:
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