FLUORESCEIN is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. FLUORESCEIN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 20 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FLUORESCEIN?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FLUORESCEIN is to know. It scores 16 from 11 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FLUORESCEIN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How FLUORESCEIN scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in FLUORESCEIN, 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 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so FLUORESCEIN has to be built on the board across turns.
What does FLUORESCEIN mean in Scrabble?
noun
chemistrytechnical
An orange-red synthetic dye that glows bright yellow-green in solution, used as a tracer and in eye tests.
Eye doctors drop fluorescein onto the cornea so that scratches show up under blue light. Hydrologists pour it into streams to trace where underground water emerges.
How FLUORESCEIN is used
Fluorescein is a chemistry and medical term for a fluorescent dye.
- The nurse applied fluorescein to the patient's eye.
- A little fluorescein turned the stream a vivid green.
- Fluorescein is used to trace leaks in pipes.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FLUORESCEIN and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with FLUORESCEIN
3 longer words begin with FLUORESCEIN.
Shorter words from the letters in FLUORESCEIN
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Common questions about FLUORESCEIN
- Is FLUORESCEIN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FLUORESCEIN, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FLUORESCEIN worth?
- FLUORESCEIN is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FLUORESCEIN mean?
- An orange-red synthetic dye that glows bright yellow-green in solution, used as a tracer and in eye tests.
- What letters can be added to FLUORESCEIN?
- FLUORESCEIN takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of FLUORESCEIN:
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