OLEFINE is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. OLEFINE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept OLEFINE?
| 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: 55 / 100
Our own measure of how useful OLEFINE is to know. It scores 10 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for OLEFINE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
olefinesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How OLEFINE scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in OLEFINE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 1 | 8 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| f | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 70,179.
What does OLEFINE mean in Scrabble?
noun
chemistry
A hydrocarbon of the ethylene series; any unsaturated hydrocarbon with one double bond.
Olefine is an older spelling of olefin and was once applied to ethylene and its relatives. The modern chemical name for the group is alkene, so olefine now appears mostly in older textbooks and in industrial talk.
How OLEFINE is used
Used in older chemistry texts for an alkene, a hydrocarbon with a double bond.
- The textbook listed ethylene as the simplest olefine.
- Each olefine contains a carbon double bond.
- The plant converts an olefine into plastic.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OLEFINE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with OLEFINE
1 longer words begin with OLEFINE.
Shorter words from the letters in OLEFINE
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Common questions about OLEFINE
- Is OLEFINE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts OLEFINE, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is OLEFINE worth?
- OLEFINE is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OLEFINE mean?
- A hydrocarbon of the ethylene series; any unsaturated hydrocarbon with one double bond.
- What letters can be added to OLEFINE?
- OLEFINE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of OLEFINE:
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