FLUORENE is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. FLUORENE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FLUORENE?
| 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: 42 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FLUORENE is to know. It scores 11 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FLUORENE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
fluorenesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How FLUORENE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in FLUORENE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so FLUORENE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does FLUORENE mean in Scrabble?
noun
chemistry
A colourless crystalline hydrocarbon obtained from coal tar, used as a starting material for dyes and other compounds.
Fluorene gets its name from the violet glow it shows under light, not from the element fluorine, which is a frequent mix-up. Industrial chemists value fluorene as a building block for pigments and pharmaceuticals.
How FLUORENE is used
Fluorene is a chemistry term found in organic-chemistry texts.
- Fluorene crystals fluoresce faintly violet under ultraviolet light.
- The coal tar fraction was purified to isolate fluorene.
- Derivatives of fluorene are used in some modern display materials.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FLUORENE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with FLUORENE
1 longer words begin with FLUORENE.
Shorter words from the letters in FLUORENE
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Common questions about FLUORENE
- Is FLUORENE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FLUORENE, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FLUORENE worth?
- FLUORENE is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FLUORENE mean?
- A colourless crystalline hydrocarbon obtained from coal tar, used as a starting material for dyes and other compounds.
- What letters can be added to FLUORENE?
- FLUORENE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of FLUORENE:
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