RESILIN is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. RESILIN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept RESILIN?
| 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: 53 / 100
Our own measure of how useful RESILIN is to know. It scores 7 from 7 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 7.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for RESILIN
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How RESILIN scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in RESILIN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 64,331.
What does RESILIN mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoologytechnical
A rubber-like protein found in insects, which stores energy and makes parts of the body spring back.
Insect biologists studying wings and jumping legs point to resilin as the reason such movements are so fast. It is remarkable for returning almost all the energy put into stretching it.
How RESILIN is used
A scientific term used in entomology and biomechanics.
- Resilin in the wing hinge helps a fly beat its wings at great speed.
- The flea stores energy in a pad of resilin before it leaps.
- Researchers tried to copy resilin to make a new kind of elastic material.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of RESILIN and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of RESILIN
The 7 tiles of RESILIN in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with RESILIN
2 longer words begin with RESILIN.
Shorter words from the letters in RESILIN
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Common questions about RESILIN
- Is RESILIN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts RESILIN, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is RESILIN worth?
- RESILIN is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does RESILIN mean?
- A rubber-like protein found in insects, which stores energy and makes parts of the body spring back.
- What letters can be added to RESILIN?
- RESILIN takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of RESILIN:
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