ETHOXYL is a valid Scrabble word — 20 points
Yes. ETHOXYL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 20 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ETHOXYL?
| 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: 64 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ETHOXYL is to know. It scores 20 from 7 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ETHOXYL
Front hooks — 1
methoxylBack hooks — 1
ethoxylsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ETHOXYL scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in ETHOXYL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 1 | 12 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| x | 1 | 1 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,737 thousand.
What does ETHOXYL mean in Scrabble?
noun
chemistry
A chemical group made of an ethyl group attached through an oxygen atom, written as OC2H5.
Chemists meet ethoxyl as a piece of a larger molecule, never as a free substance on a shelf. Compounds carrying it are often named with the prefix ethoxy, which signals that the group is attached somewhere on the main structure.
How ETHOXYL is used
Ethoxyl is used in organic chemistry when naming or describing the structure of a compound.
- The molecule carries one ethoxyl group at the end of the ring.
- Replacing the methoxyl with ethoxyl changed the solubility.
- Ethoxyl appears in the structural formula of many solvents.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ETHOXYL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ETHOXYL
1 longer words begin with ETHOXYL.
Shorter words from the letters in ETHOXYL
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Common questions about ETHOXYL
- Is ETHOXYL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ETHOXYL, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ETHOXYL worth?
- ETHOXYL is worth 20 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ETHOXYL mean?
- A chemical group made of an ethyl group attached through an oxygen atom, written as OC2H5.
- What letters can be added to ETHOXYL?
- ETHOXYL takes 2 hooks: 1 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of ETHOXYL:
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