IONIUM is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. IONIUM is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept IONIUM?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful IONIUM is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for IONIUM
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
ioniumsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How IONIUM scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in IONIUM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| i | 2 | 9 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 86,231.
What does IONIUM mean in Scrabble?
noun
chemistryhistorical
An early name for a radioactive isotope of thorium, now known as thorium-230.
Ionium was identified in the early twentieth century, before scientists fully understood that different atomic weights of the same element were simply isotopes rather than separate substances. It forms naturally as uranium decays and later decays itself into radium, which makes it useful for dating deep-sea sediments. Once chemists realized ionium was chemically identical to thorium, the separate name fell out of scientific use, though it survives in older texts.
How IONIUM is used
A historical chemistry term, largely replaced today by thorium-230.
- Early chemists gave the isotope the separate name ionium.
- The word ionium is now mostly found in older scientific papers.
- Ionium forms naturally as part of the uranium decay chain.
- Geologists once used ionium to date layers of ocean sediment.
- Ionium turned out to be chemically identical to thorium.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of IONIUM and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with IONIUM
1 longer words begin with IONIUM.
Shorter words from the letters in IONIUM
Common questions about IONIUM
- Is IONIUM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts IONIUM, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is IONIUM worth?
- IONIUM is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does IONIUM mean?
- An early name for a radioactive isotope of thorium, now known as thorium-230.
- What letters can be added to IONIUM?
- IONIUM takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of IONIUM:
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