HAHNIUM is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. HAHNIUM is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HAHNIUM?
| 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: 54 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HAHNIUM is to know. It scores 15 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HAHNIUM
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
hahniumsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How HAHNIUM scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in HAHNIUM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 2 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 4,117 thousand.
What does HAHNIUM mean in Scrabble?
noun
chemistryobsolete
A name once proposed for the artificial elements now called dubnium (105) and hassium (108).
Hahnium honoured the German chemist Otto Hahn, a pioneer of nuclear fission. Rival laboratories argued over who found element 105, and the name was dropped when the dispute ended. It survives mostly in old textbooks and word lists.
How HAHNIUM is used
Hahnium is an obsolete element name, found only in older science writing.
- The old table listed hahnium as element 105.
- Hahnium was named in honour of Otto Hahn.
- No one now uses hahnium as the official name.
- She found hahnium in a 1970s chemistry book.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HAHNIUM and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with HAHNIUM
1 longer words begin with HAHNIUM.
Shorter words from the letters in HAHNIUM
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Common questions about HAHNIUM
- Is HAHNIUM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HAHNIUM, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HAHNIUM worth?
- HAHNIUM is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HAHNIUM mean?
- A name once proposed for the artificial elements now called dubnium (105) and hassium (108).
- What letters can be added to HAHNIUM?
- HAHNIUM takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of HAHNIUM:
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