NEGATON is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. NEGATON 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 NEGATON?
| 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: 51 / 100
Our own measure of how useful NEGATON is to know. It scores 8 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for NEGATON
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
negatonsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How NEGATON scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in NEGATON, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| n | 2 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 68,620.
What stands out about NEGATON
- NEGATON begins and ends with the same letter.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does NEGATON mean in Scrabble?
noun
technicalrare
A negatively charged particle, an old term for an electron.
Negaton was coined to pair with positon, the positive particle, and so reads like a relic of early particle physics. Modern writers use electron and positron instead.
How NEGATON is used
Negaton is a dated physics term and is rarely used today.
- The old text spoke of a negaton and a positon.
- Each negaton carries one unit of negative charge.
- The physicist smiled at the word negaton in the manual.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of NEGATON and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of NEGATON
The 7 tiles of NEGATON in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with NEGATON
1 longer words begin with NEGATON.
Shorter words from the letters in NEGATON
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Common questions about NEGATON
- Is NEGATON valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts NEGATON, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is NEGATON worth?
- NEGATON is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does NEGATON mean?
- A negatively charged particle, an old term for an electron.
- What letters can be added to NEGATON?
- NEGATON takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of NEGATON:
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