ETHENE is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. ETHENE 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 ETHENE?
| 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 ETHENE is to know. It scores 9 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 8.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ETHENE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
ethenesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ETHENE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in ETHENE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 3 | 12 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 75,256.
What stands out about ETHENE
- ETHENE 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 ETHENE mean in Scrabble?
noun
chemistry
A colourless, flammable gas with a double bond between two carbon atoms, used to make plastics.
Ethene is the systematic chemical name for the gas that industry usually calls ethylene, and the simplest member of the alkene family. Plants ripen fruit with tiny amounts of it, which is why a single bruised apple can hasten the ripening of its neighbours in a bowl. On a large scale it is turned into polythene and many other materials.
How ETHENE is used
The name used in school and university chemistry; industry often says ethylene.
- Bananas release ethene as they ripen.
- The students drew the double bond in the ethene molecule.
- Ethene reacts with bromine water and turns it colourless.
- Polythene is made by joining many ethene units together.
- The warehouse removed ethene from the air to keep the fruit fresh.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ETHENE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ETHENE
1 longer words begin with ETHENE.
Shorter words from the letters in ETHENE
Common questions about ETHENE
- Is ETHENE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ETHENE, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ETHENE worth?
- ETHENE is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ETHENE mean?
- A colourless, flammable gas with a double bond between two carbon atoms, used to make plastics.
- What letters can be added to ETHENE?
- ETHENE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of ETHENE:
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