TAUTOMERISM is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. TAUTOMERISM 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 TAUTOMERISM?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TAUTOMERISM is to know. It scores 15 from 11 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TAUTOMERISM
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
tautomerismsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How TAUTOMERISM scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in TAUTOMERISM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 2 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| m | 2 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so TAUTOMERISM has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about TAUTOMERISM
- TAUTOMERISM contains every vowel — A, E, I, O and U.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does TAUTOMERISM mean in Scrabble?
noun
chemistry
The existence of a compound in two or more forms that readily convert into one another.
Tautomerism usually involves a hydrogen atom moving from one position to another within the molecule, producing different structures in balance. Chemists meet it constantly in the study of ketones, enols and the bases of DNA.
How TAUTOMERISM is used
A chemistry term for rapid interchange between structural isomers of one substance.
- Keto-enol tautomerism affects how the molecule reacts.
- The textbook explains tautomerism with the example of acetone.
- Tautomerism in DNA bases can lead to copying errors.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TAUTOMERISM and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with TAUTOMERISM
1 longer words begin with TAUTOMERISM.
Shorter words from the letters in TAUTOMERISM
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Common questions about TAUTOMERISM
- Is TAUTOMERISM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TAUTOMERISM, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TAUTOMERISM worth?
- TAUTOMERISM is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TAUTOMERISM mean?
- The existence of a compound in two or more forms that readily convert into one another.
- What letters can be added to TAUTOMERISM?
- TAUTOMERISM takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of TAUTOMERISM:
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