SULPHONE is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. SULPHONE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SULPHONE?
| 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: 40 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SULPHONE is to know. It scores 13 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SULPHONE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
sulphonesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SULPHONE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in SULPHONE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SULPHONE has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about SULPHONE
- All 8 letters of SULPHONE are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does SULPHONE mean in Scrabble?
noun
Britishchemistry
An organic compound in which a sulphur atom with two oxygen atoms joins two carbon groups.
Chemists treat a sulphone as a stable building block found in plastics, drugs and dyes. Because it resists breakdown, a sulphone group is chosen when a material must survive heat or harsh chemicals.
How SULPHONE is used
A chemistry term, spelled sulfone in American English.
- The antibiotic was based on a simple sulphone structure.
- A sulphone polymer can withstand very high temperatures.
- The researchers prepared a new sulphone in the laboratory.
- Every sulphone contains a central sulphur atom.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SULPHONE and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SULPHONE
1 longer words begin with SULPHONE.
Shorter words from the letters in SULPHONE
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Common questions about SULPHONE
- Is SULPHONE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SULPHONE, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SULPHONE worth?
- SULPHONE is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SULPHONE mean?
- An organic compound in which a sulphur atom with two oxygen atoms joins two carbon groups.
- What letters can be added to SULPHONE?
- SULPHONE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of SULPHONE:
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