HALOGENOUS is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. HALOGENOUS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HALOGENOUS?
| 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: 27 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HALOGENOUS is to know. It scores 14 from 10 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HALOGENOUS
No single letter turns HALOGENOUS into another word.
How HALOGENOUS scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in HALOGENOUS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so HALOGENOUS has to be built on the board across turns.
What does HALOGENOUS mean in Scrabble?
adjective
chemistry
Having the nature of a halogen, the group of elements that includes fluorine and chlorine.
Halogenous describes substances that behave like a halogen or contain one. It is an uncommon word, and most writers choose halogenated for compounds that contain a halogen.
How HALOGENOUS is used
Rare and technical, used in chemistry.
- The textbook calls the gas halogenous in character.
- A halogenous element reacts readily with metals.
- Early chemists described such salts as halogenous.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HALOGENOUS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in HALOGENOUS
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Common questions about HALOGENOUS
- Is HALOGENOUS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HALOGENOUS, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HALOGENOUS worth?
- HALOGENOUS is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HALOGENOUS mean?
- Having the nature of a halogen, the group of elements that includes fluorine and chlorine.
- What letters can be added to HALOGENOUS?
- No single letter can be added to HALOGENOUS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of HALOGENOUS:
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