ETHYNE is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. ETHYNE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ETHYNE?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ETHYNE is to know. It scores 12 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ETHYNE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
ethynesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ETHYNE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in ETHYNE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 2 | 12 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 125,426.
What stands out about ETHYNE
- ETHYNE 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 ETHYNE mean in Scrabble?
noun
chemistry
A colourless flammable gas used for welding and in making other chemicals, better known as acetylene.
Ethyne is the systematic chemical name for the simplest hydrocarbon with a triple bond between two carbon atoms. Industry and workshops usually call the same gas acetylene, and the older name is still the one on most gas cylinders. Burned with oxygen it gives a very hot flame, which is why it is used in cutting and welding metal.
How ETHYNE is used
A technical term, mostly met in chemistry classes and textbooks.
- The students drew the triple bond in the molecule of ethyne.
- A flame of ethyne and oxygen can cut through steel.
- Calcium carbide reacts with water to release ethyne.
- The textbook gives ethyne as the systematic name of acetylene.
- Ethyne is the first member of its family of hydrocarbons.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ETHYNE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ETHYNE
1 longer words begin with ETHYNE.
Shorter words from the letters in ETHYNE
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Common questions about ETHYNE
- Is ETHYNE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ETHYNE, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ETHYNE worth?
- ETHYNE is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ETHYNE mean?
- A colourless flammable gas used for welding and in making other chemicals, better known as acetylene.
- What letters can be added to ETHYNE?
- ETHYNE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of ETHYNE:
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