ISOMERISM is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. ISOMERISM is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ISOMERISM?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ISOMERISM is to know. It scores 13 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ISOMERISM
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
isomerismsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ISOMERISM scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in ISOMERISM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| i | 2 | 9 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| m | 2 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ISOMERISM has to be built on the board across turns.
What does ISOMERISM mean in Scrabble?
noun
chemistry
The existence of two or more compounds with the same atoms but different arrangements, giving different properties.
Isomerism explains why two substances with the same formula can behave very differently, as sugars and some drugs do. Chemists sort it into kinds, such as structural and spatial, depending on how the atoms differ.
How ISOMERISM is used
Used in organic chemistry courses and pharmaceutical research.
- Isomerism accounts for the different smells of the two molecules.
- The lecture on isomerism used butane as an example.
- Optical isomerism matters greatly in drug design.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ISOMERISM and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ISOMERISM
1 longer words begin with ISOMERISM.
Shorter words from the letters in ISOMERISM
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Common questions about ISOMERISM
- Is ISOMERISM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ISOMERISM, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ISOMERISM worth?
- ISOMERISM is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ISOMERISM mean?
- The existence of two or more compounds with the same atoms but different arrangements, giving different properties.
- What letters can be added to ISOMERISM?
- ISOMERISM takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of ISOMERISM:
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