SURFACTANT is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. SURFACTANT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SURFACTANT?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SURFACTANT is to know. It scores 15 from 10 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SURFACTANT
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
surfactantsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SURFACTANT scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in SURFACTANT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| f | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SURFACTANT has to be built on the board across turns.
What does SURFACTANT mean in Scrabble?
noun
technicalchemistry
A substance that lowers the surface tension of a liquid, helping it to spread or mix with other substances.
Detergents, soaps and foams all depend on a surfactant to lift grease and let water wet a surface. In the lungs a natural surfactant keeps the tiny air sacs from collapsing.
How SURFACTANT is used
Used in chemistry, cleaning products and medicine.
- The cleaner contains a mild surfactant.
- Premature babies may lack enough lung surfactant.
- A surfactant helps oil and water mix.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SURFACTANT and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SURFACTANT
1 longer words begin with SURFACTANT.
Shorter words from the letters in SURFACTANT
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Common questions about SURFACTANT
- Is SURFACTANT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SURFACTANT, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SURFACTANT worth?
- SURFACTANT is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SURFACTANT mean?
- A substance that lowers the surface tension of a liquid, helping it to spread or mix with other substances.
- What letters can be added to SURFACTANT?
- SURFACTANT takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of SURFACTANT:
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