ETHYLATE is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. ETHYLATE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ETHYLATE?
| 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: 51 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ETHYLATE is to know. It scores 14 from 8 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ETHYLATE
Front hooks — 1
methylateChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ETHYLATE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in ETHYLATE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 2 | 12 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ETHYLATE has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about ETHYLATE
- ETHYLATE 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 ETHYLATE mean in Scrabble?
verb
chemistry
To introduce one or more ethyl groups into a chemical compound.
To ethylate a molecule is to attach an ethyl group, a small chain of two carbon atoms, to it. The same word is also a noun for a compound formed from ethyl alcohol, though chemists now say ethoxide.
How ETHYLATE is used
Used in organic chemistry for adding ethyl groups.
- The chemist chose to ethylate the amine first.
- Reagents that ethylate DNA can be toxic.
- They will ethylate the sample before analysis.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ETHYLATE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ETHYLATE
2 longer words begin with ETHYLATE.
Shorter words from the letters in ETHYLATE
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Common questions about ETHYLATE
- Is ETHYLATE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ETHYLATE, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ETHYLATE worth?
- ETHYLATE is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ETHYLATE mean?
- To introduce one or more ethyl groups into a chemical compound.
- What letters can be added to ETHYLATE?
- ETHYLATE takes 3 hooks: 1 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of ETHYLATE:
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