GELATINIZE is a valid Scrabble word — 20 points
Yes. GELATINIZE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 20 points in Scrabble and 23 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept GELATINIZE?
| 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: 45 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GELATINIZE is to know. It scores 20 from 10 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 7.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GELATINIZE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How GELATINIZE scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in GELATINIZE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| z | 1 | 1 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so GELATINIZE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does GELATINIZE mean in Scrabble?
verb
technical
To turn into gelatin or a jelly-like mass, or to coat something with gelatin.
Starch and protein solutions gelatinize when heated and then cooled, which is how sauces thicken. Photographers have also gelatinized paper to prepare it for printing.
How GELATINIZE is used
Used in cooking science, chemistry and photography.
- The starch will gelatinize as the sauce heats.
- Cooling allows the mixture to gelatinize.
- They gelatinize the paper before it is sensitised.
- Rice grains gelatinize in boiling water.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GELATINIZE and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with GELATINIZE
4 longer words begin with GELATINIZE.
Shorter words from the letters in GELATINIZE
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Common questions about GELATINIZE
- Is GELATINIZE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GELATINIZE, where it scores 23 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GELATINIZE worth?
- GELATINIZE is worth 20 points in Scrabble and 23 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GELATINIZE mean?
- To turn into gelatin or a jelly-like mass, or to coat something with gelatin.
- What letters can be added to GELATINIZE?
- GELATINIZE takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of GELATINIZE:
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