KETENE is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. KETENE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept KETENE?
| 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: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful KETENE is to know. It scores 10 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 8.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for KETENE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
ketenesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How KETENE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in KETENE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| k | 1 | 1 |
| e | 3 | 12 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 150,512.
What does KETENE mean in Scrabble?
noun
chemistry
A colourless, sharp-smelling and toxic gas used in industry to make acetic anhydride and other chemicals.
Ketene has a carbon atom double-bonded to both a carbon atom bearing two hydrogens and an oxygen atom, which makes it extremely reactive. Chemists also use the word for the whole family of compounds that share this arrangement. The name was built from ketone, since the substance is closely related to that group. Because the gas is poisonous and unstable it is made and used on the spot rather than stored.
How KETENE is used
Technical chemistry term, met in organic chemistry and industrial synthesis.
- The plant produces ketene by heating acetone at high temperature.
- Ketene reacts quickly with water and with alcohols.
- A leak of ketene would have to be treated as a serious hazard.
- The student wrote out the structure of ketene on the board.
- Acetic anhydride is made industrially by way of ketene.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of KETENE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with KETENE
1 longer words begin with KETENE.
Shorter words from the letters in KETENE
Common questions about KETENE
- Is KETENE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts KETENE, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is KETENE worth?
- KETENE is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does KETENE mean?
- A colourless, sharp-smelling and toxic gas used in industry to make acetic anhydride and other chemicals.
- What letters can be added to KETENE?
- KETENE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of KETENE:
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