OLEFIN is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. OLEFIN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept OLEFIN?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful OLEFIN is to know. It scores 9 from 6 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for OLEFIN
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How OLEFIN scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in OLEFIN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 1 | 8 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| f | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 28,744.
What does OLEFIN mean in Scrabble?
noun
chemistry
A hydrocarbon whose molecules contain at least one double bond between two carbon atoms.
Olefin is the older name for the family now more often called alkenes, and ethylene and propylene are its best-known members. Because the double bond is reactive, an olefin readily links up with other molecules, which is why these compounds are the raw material for much of the plastics industry. The name comes from the French for oil-making gas, since the first member of the family formed an oily liquid with chlorine.
How OLEFIN is used
Technical; common in industrial chemistry and polymer manufacturing, where polyolefin is a frequent compound.
- The refinery turns heavy oil into each olefin it needs for plastic.
- An olefin has a double bond that a saturated hydrocarbon lacks.
- Chemists call ethylene the simplest olefin.
- Every olefin in the sample reacted with the bromine and turned it colourless.
- She wrote her thesis on a new olefin catalyst.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OLEFIN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with OLEFIN
4 longer words begin with OLEFIN.
Shorter words from the letters in OLEFIN
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Common questions about OLEFIN
- Is OLEFIN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts OLEFIN, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is OLEFIN worth?
- OLEFIN is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OLEFIN mean?
- A hydrocarbon whose molecules contain at least one double bond between two carbon atoms.
- What letters can be added to OLEFIN?
- OLEFIN takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of OLEFIN:
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