PENTYL is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. PENTYL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PENTYL?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PENTYL is to know. It scores 11 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PENTYL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
pentylsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PENTYL scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in PENTYL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 172,461.
What stands out about PENTYL
- PENTYL gets by on a single vowel across 6 letters.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does PENTYL mean in Scrabble?
noun
chemistry
A group of five carbon atoms and eleven hydrogen atoms that appears as a building block in many organic compounds.
Chemists treat pentyl as a fragment, not as a substance that exists alone: it is what remains when a hydrogen atom is removed from pentane. It turns up in the names of compounds such as pentyl acetate, which has a fruity smell. An older name for the same group is amyl, still found in some trade and textbook usage.
How PENTYL is used
Technical; used in the systematic names of organic compounds.
- The molecule carries a pentyl group at one end of its chain.
- Pentyl acetate smells somewhat like pears or bananas.
- The student drew the pentyl chain with five carbon atoms in a row.
- Replacing the methyl with a pentyl changed the boiling point.
- The label listed a pentyl ester among the ingredients.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PENTYL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of PENTYL
The 6 tiles of PENTYL in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with PENTYL
4 longer words begin with PENTYL.
Shorter words from the letters in PENTYL
Common questions about PENTYL
- Is PENTYL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PENTYL, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PENTYL worth?
- PENTYL is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PENTYL mean?
- A group of five carbon atoms and eleven hydrogen atoms that appears as a building block in many organic compounds.
- What letters can be added to PENTYL?
- PENTYL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of PENTYL:
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