LINAC is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. LINAC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept LINAC?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful LINAC is to know. It scores 7 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for LINAC
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
linacsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How LINAC scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in LINAC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 19,364.
What does LINAC mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A machine that accelerates charged particles, such as electrons or protons, along a straight path using a series of oscillating electric fields, used in physics research and radiation therapy.
A linac speeds up particles in a straight line rather than the circular path used by machines such as a cyclotron, gaining energy in stages as the particles pass through a chain of electrodes. Hospitals rely on a linac to generate the high-energy beams used in radiation therapy for cancer, aiming the beam precisely at a tumor while sparing surrounding tissue. Physics laboratories use much larger versions of a linac, sometimes stretching for miles, to study the fundamental particles that make up matter. The word linac blends the two halves of linear accelerator into a single working term used throughout physics and medicine.
How LINAC is used
A standard technical term in physics and medical radiology, used both in research settings and in hospital radiotherapy departments.
- The hospital installed a new linac for its cancer treatment center.
- Physicists at the lab used a linac to accelerate electrons to near light speed.
- A technician calibrated the linac before the first patient session.
- The mile-long linac at the research facility remains one of the largest in the world.
- Engineers monitored the beam current produced by the linac throughout the test.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of LINAC and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with LINAC
1 longer words begin with LINAC.
Words with LINAC inside
3 words contain LINAC in the middle. Words that start with LINAC are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in LINAC
Common questions about LINAC
- Is LINAC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts LINAC, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is LINAC worth?
- LINAC is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does LINAC mean?
- A machine that accelerates charged particles, such as electrons or protons, along a straight path using a series of oscillating electric fields, used in physics research and radiation therapy.
- What letters can be added to LINAC?
- LINAC takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of LINAC:
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