MULTIVALENT is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. MULTIVALENT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 22 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MULTIVALENT?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MULTIVALENT is to know. It scores 16 from 11 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MULTIVALENT
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
multivalentsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How MULTIVALENT scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in MULTIVALENT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so MULTIVALENT has to be built on the board across turns.
What does MULTIVALENT mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Having more than one valence, or able to bind at several sites or serve several purposes at once.
Chemists use multivalent for atoms that can form more than one kind of bond, while immunologists apply it to molecules with several attachment sites. A multivalent vaccine, for instance, protects against several strains at once.
How MULTIVALENT is used
Mostly found in chemistry, immunology and pharmacology, where multivalent describes things that bind or combine in several ways.
- Iron is a multivalent element because it readily forms two different ions.
- The clinic offered a multivalent vaccine covering four strains of the virus.
- A multivalent antibody can grip several antigens at the same time.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MULTIVALENT and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with MULTIVALENT
1 longer words begin with MULTIVALENT.
Shorter words from the letters in MULTIVALENT
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Common questions about MULTIVALENT
- Is MULTIVALENT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MULTIVALENT, where it scores 22 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MULTIVALENT worth?
- MULTIVALENT is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 22 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MULTIVALENT mean?
- Having more than one valence, or able to bind at several sites or serve several purposes at once.
- What letters can be added to MULTIVALENT?
- MULTIVALENT takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of MULTIVALENT:
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