GUAIACOL is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. GUAIACOL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept GUAIACOL?
| 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: 40 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GUAIACOL is to know. It scores 11 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GUAIACOL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
guaiacolsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How GUAIACOL scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in GUAIACOL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so GUAIACOL has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about GUAIACOL
- GUAIACOL runs three vowels in a row, which almost no English word does.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does GUAIACOL mean in Scrabble?
noun
chemistrymedical
A yellowish oily liquid with a smoky smell, obtained from wood tar or guaiacum resin and used as an expectorant and flavouring.
Guaiacol is responsible for part of the smoky aroma of roasted coffee and smoked foods. Chemists also use it in laboratory tests, and in medicine it has served in cough remedies to loosen phlegm.
How GUAIACOL is used
Guaiacol appears in chemistry, pharmacology and food-science texts.
- The smoky taste of the whisky comes partly from guaiacol.
- Old cough syrups sometimes contained guaiacol as an expectorant.
- The chemist extracted guaiacol from a sample of wood tar.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GUAIACOL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with GUAIACOL
1 longer words begin with GUAIACOL.
Shorter words from the letters in GUAIACOL
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Common questions about GUAIACOL
- Is GUAIACOL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GUAIACOL, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GUAIACOL worth?
- GUAIACOL is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GUAIACOL mean?
- A yellowish oily liquid with a smoky smell, obtained from wood tar or guaiacum resin and used as an expectorant and flavouring.
- What letters can be added to GUAIACOL?
- GUAIACOL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of GUAIACOL:
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