PLASMON is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. PLASMON is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PLASMON?
| 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: 49 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PLASMON is to know. It scores 11 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PLASMON
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
plasmonsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PLASMON scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in PLASMON, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 578,977.
What does PLASMON mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A quantum of a collective oscillation of charge density in a material.
In physics a plasmon behaves like a particle made of waves of electrons moving together. Older biology texts used the same word for the total of the genetic factors in a cell's cytoplasm.
How PLASMON is used
Plasmon is a technical term, mainly in physics and in some older genetics writing.
- A plasmon can travel along the surface of a metal.
- The paper measured how a plasmon responds to light.
- Early geneticists spoke of the plasmon as a hereditary system outside the nucleus.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PLASMON and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PLASMON
1 longer words begin with PLASMON.
Shorter words from the letters in PLASMON
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Common questions about PLASMON
- Is PLASMON valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PLASMON, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PLASMON worth?
- PLASMON is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PLASMON mean?
- A quantum of a collective oscillation of charge density in a material.
- What letters can be added to PLASMON?
- PLASMON takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of PLASMON:
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