RADIOCARBON is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. RADIOCARBON is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept RADIOCARBON?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful RADIOCARBON is to know. It scores 16 from 11 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for RADIOCARBON
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
radiocarbonsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How RADIOCARBON scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in RADIOCARBON, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 2 | 6 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so RADIOCARBON has to be built on the board across turns.
What does RADIOCARBON mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
The radioactive form of carbon, known as carbon-14, used to measure the age of ancient material.
Living things take it in until they die, after which it slowly decays at a known rate. Counting the radiocarbon that remains lets scientists estimate how old a bone or a piece of wood is.
How RADIOCARBON is used
Used in archaeology and earth science, often as an adjective in "radiocarbon dating".
- Radiocarbon in the charcoal showed the fire was very ancient.
- The lab measured the radiocarbon left in the sample.
- Radiocarbon dating is limited to fairly recent history.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of RADIOCARBON and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with RADIOCARBON
1 longer words begin with RADIOCARBON.
Shorter words from the letters in RADIOCARBON
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Common questions about RADIOCARBON
- Is RADIOCARBON valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts RADIOCARBON, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is RADIOCARBON worth?
- RADIOCARBON is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does RADIOCARBON mean?
- The radioactive form of carbon, known as carbon-14, used to measure the age of ancient material.
- What letters can be added to RADIOCARBON?
- RADIOCARBON takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of RADIOCARBON:
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