NITRID is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. NITRID is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept NITRID?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful NITRID is to know. It scores 7 from 6 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for NITRID
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How NITRID scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in NITRID, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| n | 1 | 6 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 38,325.
What does NITRID mean in Scrabble?
noun
chemistry
A chemical compound in which nitrogen is combined with a metal or other strongly electropositive element.
Nitrid is an older, less common spelling of nitride, and both names describe the same class of compound. Chemists group nitrides with the oxides and carbides as compounds where a metal gives up electrons to a more electronegative partner. In older texts nitrid appears where a modern paper would print nitride instead.
How NITRID is used
Technical; encountered mostly in older chemistry writing where nitride has since become standard.
- Iron reacts with nitrogen at high heat to form an iron nitrid.
- The old textbook lists nitrid where a newer one would print nitride.
- Boron nitrid shares many properties with the more common carbide compounds.
- A chemist reading the antique paper recognized nitrid as the older name for the same salt.
- The catalogue entry spelled the compound nitrid rather than nitride.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of NITRID and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with NITRID
6 longer words begin with NITRID.
Shorter words from the letters in NITRID
Common questions about NITRID
- Is NITRID valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts NITRID, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is NITRID worth?
- NITRID is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does NITRID mean?
- A chemical compound in which nitrogen is combined with a metal or other strongly electropositive element.
- What letters can be added to NITRID?
- NITRID takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of NITRID:
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