POLYMER is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. POLYMER is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept POLYMER?
| 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: 57 / 100
Our own measure of how useful POLYMER is to know. It scores 14 from 7 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for POLYMER
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How POLYMER scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in POLYMER, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 868,466.
What does POLYMER mean in Scrabble?
noun
chemistry
A substance whose large molecules are built from many small repeating units joined together.
Plastics, nylon, rubber and many resins are all a polymer of some kind, and so are natural materials such as cellulose and proteins. The properties of a polymer depend on the length of the chains and how they are linked.
How POLYMER is used
The word polymer is used in chemistry and industry for both synthetic and natural chain-like materials.
- Polyethylene is a simple polymer made from long chains of ethylene units.
- The factory switched to a tougher polymer for the bottle caps.
- Cellulose is a natural polymer found in the walls of plant cells.
- Engineers tested how the polymer behaved when heated.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of POLYMER and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with POLYMER
24 longer words begin with POLYMER.
Shorter words from the letters in POLYMER
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Common questions about POLYMER
- Is POLYMER valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts POLYMER, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is POLYMER worth?
- POLYMER is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does POLYMER mean?
- A substance whose large molecules are built from many small repeating units joined together.
- What letters can be added to POLYMER?
- POLYMER takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of POLYMER:
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