HYALINE is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. HYALINE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HYALINE?
| 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: 55 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HYALINE is to know. It scores 13 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HYALINE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
hyalinesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How HYALINE scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in HYALINE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 171,549.
What does HYALINE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Glassy and transparent, or having a clear, glass-like appearance.
Hyaline turns up in biology and medicine, where hyaline cartilage is the smooth, bluish-white tissue covering joint surfaces. The word hyaline can also describe clear cell walls, insect wings or minerals. Poets have used it for a glassy sea or sky.
How HYALINE is used
Hyaline is a technical term in anatomy and natural history, and a literary one elsewhere.
- The joint surface is covered in smooth hyaline cartilage.
- Under the microscope the cell wall looked hyaline and colourless.
- The dragonfly's hyaline wings caught the light.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HYALINE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with HYALINE
1 longer words begin with HYALINE.
Shorter words from the letters in HYALINE
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Common questions about HYALINE
- Is HYALINE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HYALINE, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HYALINE worth?
- HYALINE is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HYALINE mean?
- Glassy and transparent, or having a clear, glass-like appearance.
- What letters can be added to HYALINE?
- HYALINE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of HYALINE:
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