STILBENE is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. STILBENE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept STILBENE?
| 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 STILBENE is to know. It scores 10 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for STILBENE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
stilbenesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How STILBENE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in STILBENE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so STILBENE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does STILBENE mean in Scrabble?
noun
chemistry
A colourless crystalline hydrocarbon used in making dyes and as a glowing material in detectors.
Stilbene has two benzene rings joined by a double bond. Its crystals glow under certain radiation, so it is used as a scintillator. Chemists also use it as a starting point for dyes and brightening agents.
How STILBENE is used
Stilbene appears in chemistry texts and in physics papers on radiation detection.
- The lab grew a large crystal of stilbene.
- Stilbene is used to detect neutrons in some instruments.
- The dye maker started from stilbene as a raw material.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of STILBENE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of STILBENE
The 8 tiles of STILBENE in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with STILBENE
1 longer words begin with STILBENE.
Shorter words from the letters in STILBENE
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Common questions about STILBENE
- Is STILBENE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts STILBENE, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is STILBENE worth?
- STILBENE is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does STILBENE mean?
- A colourless crystalline hydrocarbon used in making dyes and as a glowing material in detectors.
- What letters can be added to STILBENE?
- STILBENE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of STILBENE:
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