EURYHALINE is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. EURYHALINE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept EURYHALINE?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful EURYHALINE is to know. It scores 16 from 10 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for EURYHALINE
No single letter turns EURYHALINE into another word.
How EURYHALINE scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in EURYHALINE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 2 | 12 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so EURYHALINE has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about EURYHALINE
- EURYHALINE 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 EURYHALINE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Able to live in water whose saltiness varies over a wide range.
Salmon and eels are euryhaline because they pass between rivers and the sea. Biologists contrast the term with stenohaline species, which can only cope with a narrow band of salinity.
How EURYHALINE is used
The word euryhaline is used in biology and fisheries science for fish and other water animals.
- The euryhaline fish thrived in the estuary as the tide changed.
- Few euryhaline species can move so easily from fresh water to salt.
- Scientists studied how a euryhaline crab regulates the salt in its body.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of EURYHALINE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in EURYHALINE
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Common questions about EURYHALINE
- Is EURYHALINE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts EURYHALINE, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is EURYHALINE worth?
- EURYHALINE is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does EURYHALINE mean?
- Able to live in water whose saltiness varies over a wide range.
- What letters can be added to EURYHALINE?
- No single letter can be added to EURYHALINE to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of EURYHALINE:
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