LACTONIC is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. LACTONIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept LACTONIC?
| 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 LACTONIC is to know. It scores 12 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for LACTONIC
No single letter turns LACTONIC into another word.
How LACTONIC scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in LACTONIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| c | 2 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so LACTONIC has to be built on the board across turns.
What does LACTONIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
chemistry
Relating to or derived from a lactone, a ring-shaped ester of a hydroxy acid.
Chemists apply lactonic to compounds that contain the closed ester ring typical of lactones. The word appears in descriptions of reactions and natural products. It is also tied to an acid obtained from milk sugar.
How LACTONIC is used
Appears in chemical papers describing lactone-based structures.
- The lactonic ring opened when the sample was heated with alkali.
- A lactonic compound gave the perfume its creamy note.
- They identified a lactonic acid in the extract.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of LACTONIC and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of LACTONIC
The 8 tiles of LACTONIC in a different order — 1 found.
Shorter words from the letters in LACTONIC
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Common questions about LACTONIC
- Is LACTONIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts LACTONIC, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is LACTONIC worth?
- LACTONIC is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does LACTONIC mean?
- Relating to or derived from a lactone, a ring-shaped ester of a hydroxy acid.
- What letters can be added to LACTONIC?
- No single letter can be added to LACTONIC to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of LACTONIC:
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