PENTOSAN is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. PENTOSAN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PENTOSAN?
| 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: 44 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PENTOSAN is to know. It scores 10 from 8 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PENTOSAN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PENTOSAN scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in PENTOSAN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so PENTOSAN has to be built on the board across turns.
What does PENTOSAN mean in Scrabble?
noun
chemistry
A polysaccharide, found in plants, that is built from five-carbon sugars.
Pentosans occur in wood, straw and cereal grains, where they bind alongside cellulose. Bakers and papermakers care about pentosan content because it affects dough behaviour and pulp quality.
How PENTOSAN is used
A biochemistry term seen in food science and paper manufacture.
- Rye flour is rich in pentosan.
- The pulp mill measured the pentosan left in the fibre.
- A high pentosan level makes the dough sticky.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PENTOSAN and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PENTOSAN
3 longer words begin with PENTOSAN.
Shorter words from the letters in PENTOSAN
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Common questions about PENTOSAN
- Is PENTOSAN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PENTOSAN, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PENTOSAN worth?
- PENTOSAN is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PENTOSAN mean?
- A polysaccharide, found in plants, that is built from five-carbon sugars.
- What letters can be added to PENTOSAN?
- PENTOSAN takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of PENTOSAN:
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