MONOVALENT is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. MONOVALENT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 20 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MONOVALENT?
| 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 MONOVALENT is to know. It scores 15 from 10 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MONOVALENT
No single letter turns MONOVALENT into another word.
How MONOVALENT scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in MONOVALENT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so MONOVALENT has to be built on the board across turns.
What does MONOVALENT mean in Scrabble?
adjective
chemistrytechnical
Having a valence of one, so able to combine with a single hydrogen atom.
A monovalent atom or ion forms just one bond, as sodium and chlorine do. In immunology the word has a second use for a vaccine or antibody that targets only one kind of target.
How MONOVALENT is used
Used in chemistry and in immunology; another word is univalent.
- Sodium is a monovalent element.
- A monovalent vaccine protects against one strain only.
- The students listed the monovalent ions in the table.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MONOVALENT and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in MONOVALENT
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Common questions about MONOVALENT
- Is MONOVALENT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MONOVALENT, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MONOVALENT worth?
- MONOVALENT is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MONOVALENT mean?
- Having a valence of one, so able to combine with a single hydrogen atom.
- What letters can be added to MONOVALENT?
- No single letter can be added to MONOVALENT to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of MONOVALENT:
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