HEMIACETAL is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. HEMIACETAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HEMIACETAL?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HEMIACETAL is to know. It scores 17 from 10 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HEMIACETAL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
hemiacetalsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How HEMIACETAL scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in HEMIACETAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so HEMIACETAL has to be built on the board across turns.
What does HEMIACETAL mean in Scrabble?
noun
chemistry
An organic compound formed when an alcohol adds to an aldehyde, containing both a hydroxyl group and an ether-type oxygen on one carbon atom.
A hemiacetal is usually an unstable halfway step on the road to a full acetal. Sugars are a familiar example, since their ring forms are hemiacetals.
How HEMIACETAL is used
Hemiacetal is a specialist term in organic chemistry textbooks and lab reports.
- The aldehyde reacted with methanol to give a hemiacetal.
- A hemiacetal can convert further into an acetal.
- Glucose in solution mainly exists as a cyclic hemiacetal.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HEMIACETAL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with HEMIACETAL
1 longer words begin with HEMIACETAL.
Shorter words from the letters in HEMIACETAL
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Common questions about HEMIACETAL
- Is HEMIACETAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HEMIACETAL, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HEMIACETAL worth?
- HEMIACETAL is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HEMIACETAL mean?
- An organic compound formed when an alcohol adds to an aldehyde, containing both a hydroxyl group and an ether-type oxygen on one carbon atom.
- What letters can be added to HEMIACETAL?
- HEMIACETAL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of HEMIACETAL:
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