NEGATRON is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. NEGATRON is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept NEGATRON?
| 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: 40 / 100
Our own measure of how useful NEGATRON is to know. It scores 9 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for NEGATRON
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
negatronsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How NEGATRON scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in NEGATRON, 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 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so NEGATRON has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about NEGATRON
- NEGATRON 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 NEGATRON mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
An old term for an ordinary negatively charged electron, as opposed to a positron.
Negatron was coined when physicists needed to tell electrons apart from their positive counterparts. The name has since fallen out of use and electron serves for both everyday and scientific purposes. In the history of electronics it also named a certain valve.
How NEGATRON is used
Negatron is now disused and appears mainly in older physics writing.
- Early papers speak of a negatron where we now say electron.
- The negatron and the positron were studied together.
- He found the word negatron in an old textbook.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of NEGATRON and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with NEGATRON
1 longer words begin with NEGATRON.
Shorter words from the letters in NEGATRON
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Common questions about NEGATRON
- Is NEGATRON valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts NEGATRON, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is NEGATRON worth?
- NEGATRON is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does NEGATRON mean?
- An old term for an ordinary negatively charged electron, as opposed to a positron.
- What letters can be added to NEGATRON?
- NEGATRON takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of NEGATRON:
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