POSITRONIUM is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. POSITRONIUM is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept POSITRONIUM?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful POSITRONIUM is to know. It scores 15 from 11 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for POSITRONIUM
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
positroniumsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How POSITRONIUM scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in POSITRONIUM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so POSITRONIUM has to be built on the board across turns.
What does POSITRONIUM mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A short-lived atom-like pair made of an electron and its antiparticle, the positron.
Positronium resembles hydrogen, except that a positron replaces the proton. The two particles soon annihilate each other in a flash of light.
How POSITRONIUM is used
Positronium is a physics term.
- Positronium lasts only a tiny fraction of a second.
- Physicists studied positronium to test quantum theory.
- The decay of positronium produces gamma rays.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of POSITRONIUM and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with POSITRONIUM
1 longer words begin with POSITRONIUM.
Shorter words from the letters in POSITRONIUM
Showing 40 of 767. See all in the Word Finder
Common questions about POSITRONIUM
- Is POSITRONIUM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts POSITRONIUM, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is POSITRONIUM worth?
- POSITRONIUM is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does POSITRONIUM mean?
- A short-lived atom-like pair made of an electron and its antiparticle, the positron.
- What letters can be added to POSITRONIUM?
- POSITRONIUM takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of POSITRONIUM:
Open POSITRONIUM in the Word Finder