ROENTGEN is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. ROENTGEN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ROENTGEN?
| 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: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ROENTGEN is to know. It scores 9 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ROENTGEN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
roentgensChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ROENTGEN scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in ROENTGEN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ROENTGEN has to be built on the board across turns.
What does ROENTGEN mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
An old unit for measuring exposure to X-rays or gamma rays.
The roentgen is named after the German physicist who discovered X-rays. Modern safety standards mostly use newer units, but the roentgen still turns up in older medical and nuclear texts.
How ROENTGEN is used
Mostly found in historical or older technical writing; the name is often capitalised in honour of the scientist.
- The old meter was marked in roentgen per hour.
- Each roentgen of exposure was written in the logbook.
- A single roentgen is a small dose compared with a lethal one.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ROENTGEN and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ROENTGEN
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Shorter words from the letters in ROENTGEN
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Common questions about ROENTGEN
- Is ROENTGEN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ROENTGEN, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ROENTGEN worth?
- ROENTGEN is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ROENTGEN mean?
- An old unit for measuring exposure to X-rays or gamma rays.
- What letters can be added to ROENTGEN?
- ROENTGEN takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of ROENTGEN:
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