SALOL is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. SALOL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SALOL?
| 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: 26 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SALOL is to know. It scores 5 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SALOL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
salolsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SALOL scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in SALOL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 43,569.
What does SALOL mean in Scrabble?
noun
chemistrymedical
Phenyl salicylate, a white crystalline compound once widely used as a mild antiseptic, in sunscreens, and as a coating on pills meant to dissolve in the intestine rather than the stomach.
Salol resists breaking down in the acid of the stomach but dissolves readily once it reaches the more alkaline small intestine, a property that made it a popular coating for pills meant to release their contents further along the digestive tract. Doctors in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries also prescribed salol itself as a mild antiseptic and fever reducer, though safer compounds later replaced most of these uses. Chemists still recognize it as a classic example of a compound useful for its distinctive melting behavior in laboratory demonstrations.
How SALOL is used
A specialist term from chemistry and the history of medicine, rarely used outside those fields today.
- The old pharmacy jar was labeled simply salol.
- Salol coated the tablet so it would dissolve only in the intestine.
- Chemistry students use salol to demonstrate a low, sharp melting point.
- Nineteenth-century physicians prescribed salol as an antiseptic.
- The formulation replaced salol with a more modern coating agent.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SALOL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SALOL
The 5 tiles of SALOL in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with SALOL
1 longer words begin with SALOL.
Shorter words from the letters in SALOL
Common questions about SALOL
- Is SALOL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SALOL, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SALOL worth?
- SALOL is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SALOL mean?
- Phenyl salicylate, a white crystalline compound once widely used as a mild antiseptic, in sunscreens, and as a coating on pills meant to dissolve in the intestine rather than the stomach.
- What letters can be added to SALOL?
- SALOL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of SALOL:
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