NITRE is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. NITRE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 6 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept NITRE?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful NITRE is to know. It scores 5 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for NITRE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
nitresChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How NITRE scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in NITRE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| n | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 3,227.
What stands out about NITRE
- The same 5 tiles also spell 4 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does NITRE mean in Scrabble?
noun
chemistryBritish
A whitish mineral salt, potassium nitrate, historically used in gunpowder and food preservation.
Long before modern chemistry named it precisely, people scraped nitre from cave walls and damp cellar stones wherever it formed as a pale crust. Soldiers and gunsmiths depended on it for centuries because it supplies the oxygen a gunpowder mixture needs to burn fast and hard. Cooks once relied on the same crystals to cure meat, since they draw out moisture and slow the growth of bacteria that cause spoilage. The British spelling nitre and the American niter refer to exactly the same substance, now more precisely known to chemists as potassium nitrate.
How NITRE is used
Used mainly in chemistry, history and traditional food preservation rather than everyday speech.
- Workers scraped nitre from the cave walls to make gunpowder.
- The old recipe called for a pinch of nitre to cure the meat.
- Deposits of nitre were once mined extensively for fertilizer.
- Nitre crystals formed along the damp stone of the cellar.
- Chemists refined nitre into potassium nitrate for industrial use.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of NITRE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of NITRE
The 5 tiles of NITRE in a different order — 4 found.
Words starting with NITRE
2 longer words begin with NITRE.
Words with NITRE inside
6 words contain NITRE in the middle. Words that start with NITRE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in NITRE
Common questions about NITRE
- Is NITRE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts NITRE, where it scores 6 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is NITRE worth?
- NITRE is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does NITRE mean?
- A whitish mineral salt, potassium nitrate, historically used in gunpowder and food preservation.
- What letters can be added to NITRE?
- NITRE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of NITRE:
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