PALMITIN is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. PALMITIN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PALMITIN?
| 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: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PALMITIN is to know. It scores 12 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PALMITIN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
palmitinsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PALMITIN scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in PALMITIN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so PALMITIN has to be built on the board across turns.
What does PALMITIN mean in Scrabble?
noun
chemistry
A solid fat compound formed from glycerol and palmitic acid, found in animal fats and plant oils.
Chemists meet palmitin when they study butter, lard or palm oil, where it sits beside softer fats. It was among the early fats whose structure was worked out in the nineteenth century. Soap makers once treated it as a key source of hard soap.
How PALMITIN is used
A chemistry word for one specific fat, seldom met outside science texts.
- Palmitin crystallises out of the oil when it is cooled.
- The sample was rich in palmitin and stearin.
- Textbooks list palmitin as a glyceride of palmitic acid.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PALMITIN and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PALMITIN
1 longer words begin with PALMITIN.
Shorter words from the letters in PALMITIN
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Common questions about PALMITIN
- Is PALMITIN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PALMITIN, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PALMITIN worth?
- PALMITIN is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PALMITIN mean?
- A solid fat compound formed from glycerol and palmitic acid, found in animal fats and plant oils.
- What letters can be added to PALMITIN?
- PALMITIN takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of PALMITIN:
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