INOCULANT is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. INOCULANT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept INOCULANT?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful INOCULANT is to know. It scores 11 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for INOCULANT
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
inoculantsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How INOCULANT scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in INOCULANT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so INOCULANT has to be built on the board across turns.
What does INOCULANT mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A substance introduced into the body or into soil to build resistance or to start a desired biological process.
In medicine an inoculant is a vaccine-like material that prepares the immune system for a disease. Farmers also use an inoculant of helpful bacteria on seeds so that legumes can fix nitrogen.
How INOCULANT is used
The word inoculant is used in medicine, agriculture and laboratory work.
- The seed was dusted with a bacterial inoculant before sowing.
- Researchers tested a new inoculant against the virus.
- Without the right inoculant, the clover grew poorly in that field.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of INOCULANT and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of INOCULANT
The 9 tiles of INOCULANT in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with INOCULANT
1 longer words begin with INOCULANT.
Shorter words from the letters in INOCULANT
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Common questions about INOCULANT
- Is INOCULANT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts INOCULANT, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is INOCULANT worth?
- INOCULANT is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does INOCULANT mean?
- A substance introduced into the body or into soil to build resistance or to start a desired biological process.
- What letters can be added to INOCULANT?
- INOCULANT takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of INOCULANT:
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