OLEFINIC is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. OLEFINIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept OLEFINIC?
| 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: 40 / 100
Our own measure of how useful OLEFINIC is to know. It scores 13 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for OLEFINIC
No single letter turns OLEFINIC into another word.
How OLEFINIC scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in OLEFINIC, 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 | 2 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so OLEFINIC has to be built on the board across turns.
What does OLEFINIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
chemistrytechnical
Relating to olefins, hydrocarbons that contain a carbon-to-carbon double bond.
Chemists call a molecule olefinic when it carries that reactive double bond, as ethylene does. The term also turns up in plastics, where olefin-based polymers are common.
How OLEFINIC is used
Olefinic is used in organic chemistry and in the plastics industry.
- The olefinic compound reacted quickly with bromine.
- Her thesis dealt with olefinic hydrocarbons in fuels.
- An olefinic double bond showed up in the spectrum.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OLEFINIC and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in OLEFINIC
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Common questions about OLEFINIC
- Is OLEFINIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts OLEFINIC, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is OLEFINIC worth?
- OLEFINIC is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OLEFINIC mean?
- Relating to olefins, hydrocarbons that contain a carbon-to-carbon double bond.
- What letters can be added to OLEFINIC?
- No single letter can be added to OLEFINIC to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of OLEFINIC:
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