POLARIMETRY is a valid Scrabble word — 18 points
Yes. POLARIMETRY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 18 points in Scrabble and 20 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept POLARIMETRY?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful POLARIMETRY is to know. It scores 18 from 11 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for POLARIMETRY
No single letter turns POLARIMETRY into another word.
How POLARIMETRY scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in POLARIMETRY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so POLARIMETRY has to be built on the board across turns.
What does POLARIMETRY mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
The measurement of how much a substance rotates the plane of polarized light.
Chemists use polarimetry to test sugar purity and to study chiral molecules. The instrument involved is called a polarimeter.
How POLARIMETRY is used
Laboratory and industry term.
- Sugar concentration is checked by polarimetry.
- The lab bought a new device for polarimetry.
- Polarimetry revealed that the sample was optically active.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of POLARIMETRY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of POLARIMETRY
The 11 tiles of POLARIMETRY in a different order — 1 found.
Shorter words from the letters in POLARIMETRY
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Common questions about POLARIMETRY
- Is POLARIMETRY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts POLARIMETRY, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is POLARIMETRY worth?
- POLARIMETRY is worth 18 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does POLARIMETRY mean?
- The measurement of how much a substance rotates the plane of polarized light.
- What letters can be added to POLARIMETRY?
- No single letter can be added to POLARIMETRY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of POLARIMETRY:
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