KRYPTON is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. KRYPTON is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept KRYPTON?
| 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: 54 / 100
Our own measure of how useful KRYPTON is to know. It scores 16 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for KRYPTON
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
kryptonsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How KRYPTON scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in KRYPTON, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| k | 1 | 1 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,316 thousand.
What stands out about KRYPTON
- KRYPTON gets by on a single vowel across 7 letters.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does KRYPTON mean in Scrabble?
noun
chemistry
A colourless, odourless noble gas that is a chemical element with atomic number 36, found in tiny amounts in air.
Krypton is separated from liquid air and used in some lamps and flash tubes because it glows brightly under electric current. Comic fans know the name from Superman's fictional home planet, which has nothing to do with the gas itself.
How KRYPTON is used
In science texts krypton is simply the symbol Kr, an inert gas.
- Krypton makes up only a trace of the air we breathe.
- The photographer's flash tube was filled with krypton.
- Like the other noble gases, krypton almost never reacts with anything.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of KRYPTON and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with KRYPTON
3 longer words begin with KRYPTON.
Shorter words from the letters in KRYPTON
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Common questions about KRYPTON
- Is KRYPTON valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts KRYPTON, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is KRYPTON worth?
- KRYPTON is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does KRYPTON mean?
- A colourless, odourless noble gas that is a chemical element with atomic number 36, found in tiny amounts in air.
- What letters can be added to KRYPTON?
- KRYPTON takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of KRYPTON:
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