PARAFFINIC is a valid Scrabble word — 20 points
Yes. PARAFFINIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 20 points in Scrabble and 23 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PARAFFINIC?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PARAFFINIC is to know. It scores 20 from 10 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PARAFFINIC
No single letter turns PARAFFINIC into another word.
How PARAFFINIC scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in PARAFFINIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| f | 2 | 2 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so PARAFFINIC has to be built on the board across turns.
What does PARAFFINIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
chemistry
Of the nature of paraffin or made up of paraffin-type hydrocarbons.
Paraffinic oils have straight or branched chains of carbon atoms and tend to be waxy at low temperatures. Refiners separate crude oil into paraffinic and naphthenic types, which suit different products. A closely related adjective ends with oid, but this form is the usual one.
How PARAFFINIC is used
Chiefly a chemistry and oil industry term.
- The paraffinic crude produced a lot of wax.
- Engineers preferred a paraffinic base for the lubricant.
- Samples with a paraffinic character were stored separately.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PARAFFINIC and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in PARAFFINIC
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Common questions about PARAFFINIC
- Is PARAFFINIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PARAFFINIC, where it scores 23 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PARAFFINIC worth?
- PARAFFINIC is worth 20 points in Scrabble and 23 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PARAFFINIC mean?
- Of the nature of paraffin or made up of paraffin-type hydrocarbons.
- What letters can be added to PARAFFINIC?
- No single letter can be added to PARAFFINIC to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of PARAFFINIC:
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