MILLIMICRON is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. MILLIMICRON is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 23 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MILLIMICRON?
| 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 MILLIMICRON is to know. It scores 17 from 11 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MILLIMICRON
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
millimicronsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How MILLIMICRON scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in MILLIMICRON, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 2 | 2 |
| i | 3 | 9 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so MILLIMICRON has to be built on the board across turns.
What does MILLIMICRON mean in Scrabble?
noun
technicalarchaic
An old unit of length equal to one thousandth of a micron, or one billionth of a metre.
The millimicron is now called the nanometre, and older physics and optics books may give wavelengths of light in it. Reading a millimicron figure today simply means converting it one-to-one into nanometres.
How MILLIMICRON is used
Found in older scientific texts; modern writing uses nanometre.
- Green light has a wavelength of about 550 millimicron in older tables.
- The old textbook measured the film in millimicron.
- A millimicron is the same length as a nanometre.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MILLIMICRON and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with MILLIMICRON
1 longer words begin with MILLIMICRON.
Shorter words from the letters in MILLIMICRON
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Common questions about MILLIMICRON
- Is MILLIMICRON valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MILLIMICRON, where it scores 23 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MILLIMICRON worth?
- MILLIMICRON is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 23 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MILLIMICRON mean?
- An old unit of length equal to one thousandth of a micron, or one billionth of a metre.
- What letters can be added to MILLIMICRON?
- MILLIMICRON takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of MILLIMICRON:
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