PUTRESCINE is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. PUTRESCINE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PUTRESCINE?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PUTRESCINE is to know. It scores 14 from 10 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PUTRESCINE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
putrescinesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PUTRESCINE scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in PUTRESCINE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so PUTRESCINE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does PUTRESCINE mean in Scrabble?
noun
chemistry
A colourless, foul-smelling chemical made by bacteria as animal tissue breaks down.
Putrescine is partly to blame for the stench of a rotting corpse, and its name even hints at it. Yet small amounts occur naturally in living cells, where they help with growth. It is a close chemical relative of cadaverine.
How PUTRESCINE is used
Putrescine is a technical term in biochemistry, forensics and food science.
- Bacteria produce putrescine as the meat spoils.
- The lab measured putrescine levels in the stored samples.
- Living cells contain tiny amounts of putrescine.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PUTRESCINE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PUTRESCINE
1 longer words begin with PUTRESCINE.
Shorter words from the letters in PUTRESCINE
Showing 40 of 987. See all in the Word Finder
Common questions about PUTRESCINE
- Is PUTRESCINE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PUTRESCINE, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PUTRESCINE worth?
- PUTRESCINE is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PUTRESCINE mean?
- A colourless, foul-smelling chemical made by bacteria as animal tissue breaks down.
- What letters can be added to PUTRESCINE?
- PUTRESCINE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of PUTRESCINE:
Open PUTRESCINE in the Word Finder