THIOPHEN is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. THIOPHEN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept THIOPHEN?
| 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: 48 / 100
Our own measure of how useful THIOPHEN is to know. It scores 16 from 8 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for THIOPHEN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How THIOPHEN scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in THIOPHEN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| h | 2 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so THIOPHEN has to be built on the board across turns.
What does THIOPHEN mean in Scrabble?
noun
chemistry
A colourless liquid compound of carbon, hydrogen and sulphur with a ring structure, found in coal-tar benzene.
Thiophen smells much like benzene, and chemists once struggled to separate the two. It serves as a building block in making drugs, dyes and plastics.
How THIOPHEN is used
Chemistry term; the form thiophene is more common today.
- Crude benzene contains a little thiophen.
- The chemist purified the thiophen by distillation.
- Thiophen rings appear in many modern medicines.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of THIOPHEN and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with THIOPHEN
3 longer words begin with THIOPHEN.
Shorter words from the letters in THIOPHEN
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Common questions about THIOPHEN
- Is THIOPHEN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts THIOPHEN, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is THIOPHEN worth?
- THIOPHEN is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does THIOPHEN mean?
- A colourless liquid compound of carbon, hydrogen and sulphur with a ring structure, found in coal-tar benzene.
- What letters can be added to THIOPHEN?
- THIOPHEN takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of THIOPHEN:
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