MALTOL is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. MALTOL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MALTOL?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MALTOL is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MALTOL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
maltolsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How MALTOL scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in MALTOL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 229,948.
What does MALTOL mean in Scrabble?
noun
chemistry
A crystalline compound with a sweet, caramel-like aroma, found naturally in roasted malt and used as a flavor enhancer in food.
Maltol forms naturally when malt, chicory, or larch bark is roasted, giving off the toasty, sweet smell associated with fresh bread crust. Food manufacturers add small amounts of maltol to baked goods, candy, and beverages because it intensifies sweetness and rounds out other flavors without adding much sugar. Chemists classify maltol as a derivative of pyran, and it appears on ingredient labels as a permitted flavoring additive in many countries.
How MALTOL is used
Encountered mainly on food ingredient labels and in food-chemistry writing.
- The bakery crust owed its aroma partly to natural maltol.
- Maltol appeared on the candy ingredient list as a flavor enhancer.
- Chemists first isolated maltol from roasted malt in the early twentieth century.
- A small dose of maltol can make a drink taste noticeably sweeter.
- The lab compared maltol levels in several brands of breakfast cereal.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MALTOL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with MALTOL
1 longer words begin with MALTOL.
Shorter words from the letters in MALTOL
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Common questions about MALTOL
- Is MALTOL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MALTOL, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MALTOL worth?
- MALTOL is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MALTOL mean?
- A crystalline compound with a sweet, caramel-like aroma, found naturally in roasted malt and used as a flavor enhancer in food.
- What letters can be added to MALTOL?
- MALTOL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of MALTOL:
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