LACTAM is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. LACTAM is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept LACTAM?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful LACTAM is to know. It scores 10 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for LACTAM
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
lactamsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How LACTAM scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in LACTAM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 344,923.
What does LACTAM mean in Scrabble?
noun
chemistry
An organic compound containing an amide group as part of a ring, formed from an amino acid by the loss of water.
A lactam is a cyclic amide: the nitrogen and the carbonyl carbon of the amide group both belong to the same ring. Its size is given by the number of atoms in the ring, so a five-membered ring is a gamma lactam. The best-known examples are the beta lactam rings found in penicillin and related antibiotics, whose strained four-atom ring is the source of their activity. Lactams are the nitrogen counterparts of lactones.
How LACTAM is used
Used in organic chemistry and pharmacology.
- Penicillin contains a lactam ring fused to a second ring.
- The chemist closed the chain to form a lactam.
- A five-membered lactam is stable and easy to store.
- Heating the amino acid gave the corresponding lactam.
- Resistance arises when bacteria break open the lactam of the drug.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of LACTAM and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with LACTAM
1 longer words begin with LACTAM.
Shorter words from the letters in LACTAM
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Common questions about LACTAM
- Is LACTAM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts LACTAM, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is LACTAM worth?
- LACTAM is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does LACTAM mean?
- An organic compound containing an amide group as part of a ring, formed from an amino acid by the loss of water.
- What letters can be added to LACTAM?
- LACTAM takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of LACTAM:
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