RADIOISOTOPE is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. RADIOISOTOPE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept RADIOISOTOPE?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful RADIOISOTOPE is to know. It scores 15 from 12 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for RADIOISOTOPE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
radioisotopesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How RADIOISOTOPE scores
Face value of the 12 tiles in RADIOISOTOPE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| o | 3 | 8 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so RADIOISOTOPE has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about RADIOISOTOPE
- RADIOISOTOPE runs three vowels in a row, which almost no English word does.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does RADIOISOTOPE mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A radioactive form of an element, made naturally or artificially, that gives off radiation as it decays.
Each radioisotope has its own half-life, which is the time it takes for half of its atoms to decay. Hospitals use them to image organs and treat cancer, and scientists use them to date old objects.
How RADIOISOTOPE is used
Common in medicine, physics and environmental science.
- The scan used a small dose of a radioisotope.
- Carbon-14 is a radioisotope used to date fossils.
- Every radioisotope decays at its own rate.
- The hospital makes a radioisotope for cancer treatment.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of RADIOISOTOPE and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with RADIOISOTOPE
1 longer words begin with RADIOISOTOPE.
Shorter words from the letters in RADIOISOTOPE
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Common questions about RADIOISOTOPE
- Is RADIOISOTOPE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts RADIOISOTOPE, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is RADIOISOTOPE worth?
- RADIOISOTOPE is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does RADIOISOTOPE mean?
- A radioactive form of an element, made naturally or artificially, that gives off radiation as it decays.
- What letters can be added to RADIOISOTOPE?
- RADIOISOTOPE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 12 letters of RADIOISOTOPE:
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