RETENE is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. RETENE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept RETENE?
| 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 RETENE is to know. It scores 6 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 9.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for RETENE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
retenesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How RETENE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in RETENE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 3 | 12 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 25,085.
What stands out about RETENE
- The same 6 tiles also spell 3 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does RETENE mean in Scrabble?
noun
chemistry
A colourless crystalline hydrocarbon found in pine tar and coal tar, formed when the resin of conifer trees breaks down.
Retene is produced when the resin of pine and other conifer trees decomposes over long periods, whether through natural fossilisation or through the heating process used to make tar, and chemists also find it as a residue in coal tar. Because it survives the breakdown of the original plant material almost unchanged, geologists sometimes use the presence of retene in rock or sediment samples as a marker of ancient conifer forests or of past wildfires. Outside chemistry and geology the word is essentially unknown, and general readers are unlikely to meet it except in scientific writing about tar, resin, or sediment. It should not be confused with similarly named hydrocarbons that come from unrelated sources.
How RETENE is used
A specialist chemistry and geology term, met almost exclusively in scientific writing about tar, resin, and sediment analysis.
- Researchers detected retene in the sediment as a sign of ancient forest fires.
- Retene forms naturally as pine resin breaks down over long periods.
- The sample of coal tar contained a small amount of retene.
- Geologists used retene levels to date the layer of ancient charcoal.
- Pure retene forms pale yellow crystals when isolated in the laboratory.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of RETENE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of RETENE
The 6 tiles of RETENE in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with RETENE
1 longer words begin with RETENE.
Shorter words from the letters in RETENE
Common questions about RETENE
- Is RETENE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts RETENE, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is RETENE worth?
- RETENE is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does RETENE mean?
- A colourless crystalline hydrocarbon found in pine tar and coal tar, formed when the resin of conifer trees breaks down.
- What letters can be added to RETENE?
- RETENE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of RETENE:
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