RACEMATE is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. RACEMATE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept RACEMATE?
| 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: 44 / 100
Our own measure of how useful RACEMATE is to know. It scores 12 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for RACEMATE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
racematesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How RACEMATE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in RACEMATE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so RACEMATE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does RACEMATE mean in Scrabble?
noun
chemistry
An equal mixture of two mirror-image forms of a compound, which has no overall optical activity.
A racemate contains left-handed and right-handed molecules in equal amounts, so their effects on polarised light cancel. Chemists often need to split a racemate to obtain one pure form. In older usage the word could also mean a salt of racemic acid.
How RACEMATE is used
Racemate is a technical term in organic chemistry.
- The synthesis produced a racemate rather than a single isomer.
- The lab separated the racemate into two pure forms.
- A racemate does not rotate polarised light.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of RACEMATE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of RACEMATE
The 8 tiles of RACEMATE in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with RACEMATE
1 longer words begin with RACEMATE.
Shorter words from the letters in RACEMATE
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Common questions about RACEMATE
- Is RACEMATE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts RACEMATE, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is RACEMATE worth?
- RACEMATE is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does RACEMATE mean?
- An equal mixture of two mirror-image forms of a compound, which has no overall optical activity.
- What letters can be added to RACEMATE?
- RACEMATE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of RACEMATE:
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