NARCEINE is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. NARCEINE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept NARCEINE?
| 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: 43 / 100
Our own measure of how useful NARCEINE is to know. It scores 10 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for NARCEINE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
narceinesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How NARCEINE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in NARCEINE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| n | 2 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so NARCEINE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does NARCEINE mean in Scrabble?
noun
chemistry
A narcotic alkaloid found in small quantities in opium, forming a white crystalline substance with a bitter taste.
Narceine was once used as a mild painkiller but has long since been replaced by other drugs. Chemists meet the name in the history of opium research. It is one of several compounds extracted from the poppy.
How NARCEINE is used
A chemistry term, now chiefly of historical interest.
- The chemist isolated narceine from a sample of crude opium.
- Narceine forms pale crystals that taste bitter.
- Old pharmacy books list narceine among the opium alkaloids.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of NARCEINE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with NARCEINE
1 longer words begin with NARCEINE.
Shorter words from the letters in NARCEINE
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Common questions about NARCEINE
- Is NARCEINE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts NARCEINE, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is NARCEINE worth?
- NARCEINE is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does NARCEINE mean?
- A narcotic alkaloid found in small quantities in opium, forming a white crystalline substance with a bitter taste.
- What letters can be added to NARCEINE?
- NARCEINE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of NARCEINE:
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