KILORAD is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. KILORAD is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept KILORAD?
| 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: 53 / 100
Our own measure of how useful KILORAD is to know. It scores 12 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for KILORAD
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
kiloradsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How KILORAD scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in KILORAD, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| k | 1 | 1 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 257,323.
What does KILORAD mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A unit of absorbed radiation dose equal to one thousand rads.
Engineers quoted a kilorad when testing how much radiation electronics could take before failing. The rad has since been replaced in most places by the gray, but older reports still use this larger unit.
How KILORAD is used
The word kilorad is found in older technical and military documents about radiation hardness.
- The chip survived a dose of ten kilorads.
- A kilorad is a large dose for living tissue.
- The test report listed the total kilorad received by each sample.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of KILORAD and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with KILORAD
1 longer words begin with KILORAD.
Shorter words from the letters in KILORAD
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Common questions about KILORAD
- Is KILORAD valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts KILORAD, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is KILORAD worth?
- KILORAD is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does KILORAD mean?
- A unit of absorbed radiation dose equal to one thousand rads.
- What letters can be added to KILORAD?
- KILORAD takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of KILORAD:
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