HETEROLYTIC is a valid Scrabble word — 19 points
Yes. HETEROLYTIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 19 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HETEROLYTIC?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HETEROLYTIC is to know. It scores 19 from 11 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HETEROLYTIC
No single letter turns HETEROLYTIC into another word.
How HETEROLYTIC scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in HETEROLYTIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so HETEROLYTIC has to be built on the board across turns.
What does HETEROLYTIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
chemistry
Describing the breaking of a chemical bond in which both shared electrons go to one of the two parts.
In heterolytic cleavage, the split produces a positive and a negative ion. This differs from homolytic cleavage, where each fragment keeps one electron. The distinction is basic to understanding how organic reactions proceed.
How HETEROLYTIC is used
Used in chemistry for bond breaking that produces ions.
- Heterolytic cleavage of the bond produced a cation and an anion.
- The reaction proceeds by a heterolytic mechanism in polar solvents.
- Students compared heterolytic and homolytic bond breaking.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HETEROLYTIC and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
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Common questions about HETEROLYTIC
- Is HETEROLYTIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HETEROLYTIC, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HETEROLYTIC worth?
- HETEROLYTIC is worth 19 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HETEROLYTIC mean?
- Describing the breaking of a chemical bond in which both shared electrons go to one of the two parts.
- What letters can be added to HETEROLYTIC?
- No single letter can be added to HETEROLYTIC to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of HETEROLYTIC:
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