SUBTILIN is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. SUBTILIN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SUBTILIN?
| 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: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SUBTILIN is to know. It scores 10 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SUBTILIN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
subtilinsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SUBTILIN scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in SUBTILIN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SUBTILIN has to be built on the board across turns.
What does SUBTILIN mean in Scrabble?
noun
technicalchemistry
An antibiotic polypeptide produced by the soil bacterium Bacillus subtilis.
Researchers isolated subtilin from bacterial cultures and tested it against other microbes. It is used in food science studies because it works as a natural preservative.
How SUBTILIN is used
Subtilin turns up in microbiology and food chemistry papers.
- The lab extracted subtilin from a culture of hay bacillus.
- Subtilin stops the growth of several harmful bacteria.
- A paper compared subtilin with nisin.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SUBTILIN and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SUBTILIN
1 longer words begin with SUBTILIN.
Shorter words from the letters in SUBTILIN
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Common questions about SUBTILIN
- Is SUBTILIN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SUBTILIN, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SUBTILIN worth?
- SUBTILIN is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SUBTILIN mean?
- An antibiotic polypeptide produced by the soil bacterium Bacillus subtilis.
- What letters can be added to SUBTILIN?
- SUBTILIN takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of SUBTILIN:
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