ETHANE is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. ETHANE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ETHANE?
| 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: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ETHANE is to know. It scores 9 from 6 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 7.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ETHANE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ETHANE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in ETHANE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 2 | 12 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 27,873.
What stands out about ETHANE
- ETHANE begins and ends with the same letter.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does ETHANE mean in Scrabble?
noun
chemistry
A colourless, odourless, flammable gas made of two carbon atoms and six hydrogen atoms.
Ethane is the second-simplest of the alkane hydrocarbons, coming right after methane, and it occurs mixed into natural gas. Chemical plants crack it at high temperature to make ethylene, which in turn becomes plastics such as polyethylene. Its formula is C2H6, and the name echoes the ending shared by the other alkanes.
How ETHANE is used
Standard term in chemistry and the petrochemical industry.
- The natural gas contained a small share of ethane.
- Plants crack ethane to produce ethylene.
- Ethane burns with a pale flame when mixed with air.
- Lakes of liquid ethane have been detected on the moon Titan.
- The pipeline carried ethane to the chemical works.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ETHANE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ETHANE
4 longer words begin with ETHANE.
Shorter words from the letters in ETHANE
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Common questions about ETHANE
- Is ETHANE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ETHANE, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ETHANE worth?
- ETHANE is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ETHANE mean?
- A colourless, odourless, flammable gas made of two carbon atoms and six hydrogen atoms.
- What letters can be added to ETHANE?
- ETHANE takes 2 hooks: 1 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of ETHANE:
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