SALICIN is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. SALICIN 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 SALICIN?
| 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 SALICIN is to know. It scores 9 from 7 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SALICIN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SALICIN scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in SALICIN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 257,323.
What stands out about SALICIN
- The same 7 tiles also spell 2 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 SALICIN mean in Scrabble?
noun
chemistry
A bitter, colourless crystalline compound found in willow and poplar bark.
The body converts salicin into salicylic acid, which explains the old use of willow bark against pain. Chemists later made the related drug aspirin from this lead.
How SALICIN is used
Salicin is a chemical term and the variant spelling salicine is less common.
- The chemist extracted salicin from willow bark.
- Salicin tastes bitter on the tongue.
- Early medicine relied on salicin as a pain reliever.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SALICIN and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SALICIN
The 7 tiles of SALICIN in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with SALICIN
3 longer words begin with SALICIN.
Shorter words from the letters in SALICIN
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Common questions about SALICIN
- Is SALICIN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SALICIN, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SALICIN worth?
- SALICIN is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SALICIN mean?
- A bitter, colourless crystalline compound found in willow and poplar bark.
- What letters can be added to SALICIN?
- SALICIN takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of SALICIN:
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