GADOLINIUM is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. GADOLINIUM is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept GADOLINIUM?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GADOLINIUM is to know. It scores 14 from 10 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GADOLINIUM
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
gadoliniumsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How GADOLINIUM scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in GADOLINIUM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so GADOLINIUM has to be built on the board across turns.
What does GADOLINIUM mean in Scrabble?
noun
chemistry
A soft silvery-white metallic element with atomic number 64, belonging to the rare earth group.
Gadolinium is strongly magnetic at low temperatures, which makes it useful in scanning technology. Compounds of gadolinium are used as contrast agents in some medical imaging.
How GADOLINIUM is used
Used in chemistry, physics and medicine, written with the symbol Gd.
- The magnet was cooled until the gadolinium became ferromagnetic.
- Doctors injected a gadolinium compound before the scan.
- Gadolinium is one of the rare earth metals.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GADOLINIUM and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with GADOLINIUM
1 longer words begin with GADOLINIUM.
Shorter words from the letters in GADOLINIUM
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Common questions about GADOLINIUM
- Is GADOLINIUM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GADOLINIUM, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GADOLINIUM worth?
- GADOLINIUM is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GADOLINIUM mean?
- A soft silvery-white metallic element with atomic number 64, belonging to the rare earth group.
- What letters can be added to GADOLINIUM?
- GADOLINIUM takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of GADOLINIUM:
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