EUROPIUM is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. EUROPIUM is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept EUROPIUM?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful EUROPIUM is to know. It scores 12 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for EUROPIUM
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
europiumsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How EUROPIUM scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in EUROPIUM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 1 | 12 |
| u | 2 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so EUROPIUM has to be built on the board across turns.
What does EUROPIUM mean in Scrabble?
noun
chemistry
A metal of the rare earth group, atomic number 63, used in red phosphors for screens.
Europium is valued mainly for what it does with light: its compounds glow red, which is why they went into colour television screens and still appear in some lamps. It is one of the rare earth metals and is never found as a free metal in nature.
How EUROPIUM is used
A chemistry term, written in lower case in running text and with the symbol Eu.
- Red light on the old screen came from a phosphor containing europium.
- The chemist stored the europium under oil because it tarnishes quickly in air.
- Europium sits among the rare earth elements in the periodic table.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of EUROPIUM and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with EUROPIUM
1 longer words begin with EUROPIUM.
Shorter words from the letters in EUROPIUM
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Common questions about EUROPIUM
- Is EUROPIUM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts EUROPIUM, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is EUROPIUM worth?
- EUROPIUM is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does EUROPIUM mean?
- A metal of the rare earth group, atomic number 63, used in red phosphors for screens.
- What letters can be added to EUROPIUM?
- EUROPIUM takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of EUROPIUM:
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