HYALOGEN is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. HYALOGEN 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 HYALOGEN?
| 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: 44 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HYALOGEN is to know. It scores 15 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HYALOGEN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
hyalogensChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How HYALOGEN scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in HYALOGEN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so HYALOGEN has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about HYALOGEN
- All 8 letters of HYALOGEN are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does HYALOGEN mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
Any of several insoluble substances in animal tissue that yield hyalines when broken down by water.
Hyalogen is an old biochemical term for materials found in cell structures that resemble mucoproteins. It reflects an earlier stage of chemistry, when substances were named by what they produced on breakdown. Modern texts rarely use it.
How HYALOGEN is used
It is a dated technical word found mostly in older biochemistry sources.
- The chapter lists hyalogen among the substances in cartilage.
- Hydrolysis of hyalogen yields hyaline compounds.
- Early chemists isolated hyalogen from animal tissue.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HYALOGEN and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with HYALOGEN
1 longer words begin with HYALOGEN.
Shorter words from the letters in HYALOGEN
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Common questions about HYALOGEN
- Is HYALOGEN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HYALOGEN, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HYALOGEN worth?
- HYALOGEN is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HYALOGEN mean?
- Any of several insoluble substances in animal tissue that yield hyalines when broken down by water.
- What letters can be added to HYALOGEN?
- HYALOGEN takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of HYALOGEN:
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