THALLOUS is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. THALLOUS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept THALLOUS?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
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| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful THALLOUS is to know. It scores 11 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for THALLOUS
No single letter turns THALLOUS into another word.
How THALLOUS scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in THALLOUS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so THALLOUS has to be built on the board across turns.
What does THALLOUS mean in Scrabble?
adjective
chemistry
Describing a compound that contains thallium in its lower valence state.
In chemical naming thallous is paired with thallic, which marks the higher valence of the same metal. The ending signals the less oxidised form. Thallium compounds are toxic, so the term appears mostly in laboratory and safety contexts.
How THALLOUS is used
Found in chemistry texts when naming salts such as thallous sulphate.
- The chemist weighed a small sample of a thallous salt in the fume cupboard.
- A thallous solution was slowly oxidised to its thallic counterpart.
- The label warned that any thallous compound must be handled with care.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of THALLOUS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
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Common questions about THALLOUS
- Is THALLOUS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts THALLOUS, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is THALLOUS worth?
- THALLOUS is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does THALLOUS mean?
- Describing a compound that contains thallium in its lower valence state.
- What letters can be added to THALLOUS?
- No single letter can be added to THALLOUS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of THALLOUS:
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