THIOL is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. THIOL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept THIOL?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful THIOL is to know. It scores 8 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for THIOL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
thiolsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How THIOL scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in THIOL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 21,785.
What stands out about THIOL
- The same 5 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does THIOL mean in Scrabble?
noun
chemistry
An organic compound containing a sulfur atom bonded to a hydrogen atom, forming a sulfhydryl or -SH functional group, chemically related to alcohols but with sulfur in place of oxygen.
Chemists classify a thiol by the same pattern used for alcohols, replacing the oxygen of a hydroxyl group with sulfur, which gives many thiols the sharp, often unpleasant smell associated with rotten eggs or garlic. Natural gas suppliers deliberately add a thiol to otherwise odourless gas so that a leak becomes immediately noticeable by smell, a safety measure that has prevented countless accidents. Biochemists also study thiols closely because the sulfhydryl group in the amino acid cysteine plays a central role in forming the bonds that hold many proteins in their correct shape. Perfumers and flavour chemists, by contrast, work to avoid or carefully mask thiols precisely because even a tiny trace can dominate a scent.
How THIOL is used
A technical chemistry term for a sulfur-containing organic compound, familiar to non-chemists mainly through the added smell of natural gas.
- The gas company adds a thiol to natural gas to give it a detectable smell.
- The reaction converted the alcohol into a corresponding thiol.
- Cysteine contains a thiol group essential to protein folding.
- Researchers measured the concentration of thiol in the sample.
- The strong odour came from a trace of thiol in the mixture.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of THIOL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of THIOL
The 5 tiles of THIOL in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with THIOL
2 longer words begin with THIOL.
Words ending in THIOL
1 words end in THIOL. Useful as a back hook: play THIOL onto a word already on the board.
Words with THIOL inside
1 words contain THIOL in the middle. Words that start with THIOL are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in THIOL
Common questions about THIOL
- Is THIOL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts THIOL, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is THIOL worth?
- THIOL is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does THIOL mean?
- An organic compound containing a sulfur atom bonded to a hydrogen atom, forming a sulfhydryl or -SH functional group, chemically related to alcohols but with sulfur in place of oxygen.
- What letters can be added to THIOL?
- THIOL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of THIOL:
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