NITON is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. NITON is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept NITON?
| 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 NITON is to know. It scores 5 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for NITON
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
nitonsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How NITON scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in NITON, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| n | 2 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 11,618.
What stands out about NITON
- NITON 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 NITON mean in Scrabble?
noun
chemistryobsolete
An early name once used for the chemical element now called radon.
Niton was the label chemists first gave to a radioactive gas before the international scientific community settled on the modern term radon. Researchers in the early twentieth century wrote about niton when describing the gas given off by decaying radium samples. The label fell out of favor as radon became the standard term across scientific literature everywhere. Today niton survives mainly in older textbooks and historical accounts of early radioactivity research.
How NITON is used
Obsolete outside historical chemistry writing; the modern name radon replaced it long ago.
- Early chemists once labeled the radioactive gas niton before renaming it radon.
- The old textbook still refers to niton instead of the modern name.
- Niton was studied for its radioactive properties long before its name changed.
- Scientists measured traces of niton escaping from underground rock.
- The term niton appears in scientific papers written before the 1920s.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of NITON and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of NITON
The 5 tiles of NITON in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with NITON
1 longer words begin with NITON.
Shorter words from the letters in NITON
Common questions about NITON
- Is NITON valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts NITON, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is NITON worth?
- NITON is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does NITON mean?
- An early name once used for the chemical element now called radon.
- What letters can be added to NITON?
- NITON takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of NITON:
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