NONPOLAR is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. NONPOLAR is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept NONPOLAR?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful NONPOLAR is to know. It scores 10 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for NONPOLAR
No single letter turns NONPOLAR into another word.
How NONPOLAR scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in NONPOLAR, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| n | 2 | 6 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so NONPOLAR has to be built on the board across turns.
What does NONPOLAR mean in Scrabble?
adjective
chemistry
Having no separated positive and negative ends in its molecules, and so not carrying an electric dipole.
A nonpolar substance such as oil refuses to mix with water, which is made of polar molecules. Chemistry students use this contrast to explain why some liquids blend and others separate.
How NONPOLAR is used
The adjective nonpolar describes molecules, bonds and solvents in chemistry classes.
- Oil is a nonpolar liquid, so it floats on water.
- The lab used a nonpolar solvent to dissolve the wax.
- A nonpolar bond shares its electrons evenly between two atoms.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of NONPOLAR and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with NONPOLAR
2 longer words begin with NONPOLAR.
Shorter words from the letters in NONPOLAR
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Common questions about NONPOLAR
- Is NONPOLAR valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts NONPOLAR, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is NONPOLAR worth?
- NONPOLAR is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does NONPOLAR mean?
- Having no separated positive and negative ends in its molecules, and so not carrying an electric dipole.
- What letters can be added to NONPOLAR?
- No single letter can be added to NONPOLAR to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of NONPOLAR:
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