THEBAINE is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. THEBAINE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept THEBAINE?
| 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: 45 / 100
Our own measure of how useful THEBAINE is to know. It scores 13 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for THEBAINE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
thebainesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How THEBAINE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in THEBAINE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so THEBAINE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does THEBAINE mean in Scrabble?
noun
chemistry
A white crystalline alkaloid found in opium that is poisonous and acts more like strychnine than a painkiller.
Thebaine is a minor part of opium, yet it is valuable to drug makers because it can be converted into other medicines. On its own it is toxic rather than soothing.
How THEBAINE is used
Thebaine is a term used in chemistry and pharmacology.
- Thebaine is extracted from the opium poppy.
- The factory turned thebaine into a pain medicine.
- Unlike morphine, thebaine causes convulsions in large doses.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of THEBAINE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with THEBAINE
1 longer words begin with THEBAINE.
Shorter words from the letters in THEBAINE
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Common questions about THEBAINE
- Is THEBAINE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts THEBAINE, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is THEBAINE worth?
- THEBAINE is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does THEBAINE mean?
- A white crystalline alkaloid found in opium that is poisonous and acts more like strychnine than a painkiller.
- What letters can be added to THEBAINE?
- THEBAINE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of THEBAINE:
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