LAWRENCIUM is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. LAWRENCIUM is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 22 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept LAWRENCIUM?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful LAWRENCIUM is to know. It scores 17 from 10 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for LAWRENCIUM
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
lawrenciumsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How LAWRENCIUM scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in LAWRENCIUM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so LAWRENCIUM has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about LAWRENCIUM
- All 10 letters of LAWRENCIUM are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does LAWRENCIUM mean in Scrabble?
noun
chemistry
The last of the actinide elements, number 103, made only in particle accelerators and named after Ernest Lawrence.
Lawrencium does not occur in nature and was first made in a laboratory in 1961. Only tiny amounts have ever been produced, and its atoms decay within a short time.
How LAWRENCIUM is used
Lawrencium appears in chemistry texts and periodic tables, with the symbol Lr.
- Lawrencium sits at the end of the actinide row.
- Scientists made lawrencium by bombarding californium with boron nuclei.
- A few atoms of lawrencium lasted only minutes.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of LAWRENCIUM and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with LAWRENCIUM
1 longer words begin with LAWRENCIUM.
Shorter words from the letters in LAWRENCIUM
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Common questions about LAWRENCIUM
- Is LAWRENCIUM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts LAWRENCIUM, where it scores 22 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is LAWRENCIUM worth?
- LAWRENCIUM is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 22 points in Words with Friends.
- What does LAWRENCIUM mean?
- The last of the actinide elements, number 103, made only in particle accelerators and named after Ernest Lawrence.
- What letters can be added to LAWRENCIUM?
- LAWRENCIUM takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of LAWRENCIUM:
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