SANTONIN is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. SANTONIN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SANTONIN?
| 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: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SANTONIN is to know. It scores 8 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SANTONIN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
santoninsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SANTONIN scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in SANTONIN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 3 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SANTONIN has to be built on the board across turns.
What does SANTONIN mean in Scrabble?
noun
medical
A white crystalline compound from certain wormwood plants, once used as a drug to expel intestinal worms.
Santonin was an old remedy against roundworms, taken from plants known as santonica or wormseed. It was dangerous in large doses and could make things look yellow, so santonin has long been replaced by safer medicines.
How SANTONIN is used
Santonin appears in medical history and old pharmacy texts.
- Doctors once prescribed santonin to children with worms.
- An overdose of santonin could change how colours appear.
- The bitter crystals of santonin were taken from plant buds.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SANTONIN and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SANTONIN
1 longer words begin with SANTONIN.
Shorter words from the letters in SANTONIN
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Common questions about SANTONIN
- Is SANTONIN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SANTONIN, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SANTONIN worth?
- SANTONIN is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SANTONIN mean?
- A white crystalline compound from certain wormwood plants, once used as a drug to expel intestinal worms.
- What letters can be added to SANTONIN?
- SANTONIN takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of SANTONIN:
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