PHENOL is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. PHENOL 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 PHENOL?
| 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 PHENOL is to know. It scores 11 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PHENOL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
phenolsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PHENOL scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in PHENOL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 129,346.
What does PHENOL mean in Scrabble?
noun
chemistry
A white crystalline compound made of a benzene ring carrying a hydroxyl group, used to make plastics and as a disinfectant.
Phenol was first isolated from coal tar, which is why it is also known as carbolic acid, and it has a sharp medicinal smell. Surgeons in the nineteenth century sprayed it on wounds and instruments to cut infection, and it later became a raw material for resins and dyes. The word also names a whole family of related compounds that share the same ring structure.
How PHENOL is used
A chemistry term used in industry, medicine and school science.
- The laboratory bottle of phenol was labelled as corrosive.
- Early surgeons washed their hands in a weak phenol solution.
- Factories use phenol to make certain strong resins.
- The smell of phenol drifted down the hospital corridor.
- She learned how to draw the phenol ring in her chemistry class.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PHENOL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of PHENOL
The 6 tiles of PHENOL in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with PHENOL
14 longer words begin with PHENOL.
Shorter words from the letters in PHENOL
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Common questions about PHENOL
- Is PHENOL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PHENOL, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PHENOL worth?
- PHENOL is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PHENOL mean?
- A white crystalline compound made of a benzene ring carrying a hydroxyl group, used to make plastics and as a disinfectant.
- What letters can be added to PHENOL?
- PHENOL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of PHENOL:
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