NONHEME is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. NONHEME is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept NONHEME?
| 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: 52 / 100
Our own measure of how useful NONHEME is to know. It scores 12 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for NONHEME
No single letter turns NONHEME into another word.
How NONHEME scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in NONHEME, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| n | 2 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 505,289.
What does NONHEME mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Describing iron that is not part of a heme molecule, as found in plant foods.
Nonheme iron is absorbed less easily than the iron in meat, and vitamin C helps the body take it up. Nutrition advice about spinach, beans and fortified cereal often turns on this difference.
How NONHEME is used
Nonheme is used in nutrition and biochemistry, mostly with the word iron.
- Lentils are a good source of nonheme iron.
- Vegetarians rely largely on nonheme sources of the mineral.
- Drinking orange juice improves nonheme absorption at a meal.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of NONHEME and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in NONHEME
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Common questions about NONHEME
- Is NONHEME valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts NONHEME, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is NONHEME worth?
- NONHEME is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does NONHEME mean?
- Describing iron that is not part of a heme molecule, as found in plant foods.
- What letters can be added to NONHEME?
- No single letter can be added to NONHEME to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of NONHEME:
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