ISOCHRON is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. ISOCHRON is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ISOCHRON?
| 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: 45 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ISOCHRON is to know. It scores 13 from 8 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ISOCHRON
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ISOCHRON scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in ISOCHRON, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ISOCHRON has to be built on the board across turns.
What does ISOCHRON mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A line on a map or diagram joining points that share the same time, or the same age in rock samples.
Travel planners use an isochron to show everywhere reachable in the same journey time. Geologists use a plotted version to date rocks that formed together.
How ISOCHRON is used
Isochron appears in transport mapping and in geology.
- The isochron on the map marks places an hour from the station.
- Geologists fitted an isochron to the rock sample results.
- A steep isochron points to a much older formation.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ISOCHRON and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ISOCHRON
The 8 tiles of ISOCHRON in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with ISOCHRON
17 longer words begin with ISOCHRON.
Shorter words from the letters in ISOCHRON
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Common questions about ISOCHRON
- Is ISOCHRON valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ISOCHRON, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ISOCHRON worth?
- ISOCHRON is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ISOCHRON mean?
- A line on a map or diagram joining points that share the same time, or the same age in rock samples.
- What letters can be added to ISOCHRON?
- ISOCHRON takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of ISOCHRON:
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