GEMINAL is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. GEMINAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept GEMINAL?
| 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: 49 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GEMINAL is to know. It scores 10 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GEMINAL
No single letter turns GEMINAL into another word.
How GEMINAL scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in GEMINAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 114,366.
What stands out about GEMINAL
- The same 7 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does GEMINAL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
chemistry
Describing two groups or atoms attached to the same atom in a molecule.
Geminal comes from the Latin word for twins and is used in organic chemistry to locate substituents. It contrasts with vicinal, where the groups sit on neighbouring atoms.
How GEMINAL is used
Geminal is a chemistry term, as in geminal protons in an NMR spectrum.
- The geminal protons gave a split signal.
- A geminal dibromide has both bromine atoms on one carbon.
- The chemist named the geminal diol.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GEMINAL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of GEMINAL
The 7 tiles of GEMINAL in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with GEMINAL
1 longer words begin with GEMINAL.
Shorter words from the letters in GEMINAL
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Common questions about GEMINAL
- Is GEMINAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GEMINAL, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GEMINAL worth?
- GEMINAL is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GEMINAL mean?
- Describing two groups or atoms attached to the same atom in a molecule.
- What letters can be added to GEMINAL?
- No single letter can be added to GEMINAL to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of GEMINAL:
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