THIOPHENE is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. THIOPHENE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept THIOPHENE?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful THIOPHENE is to know. It scores 17 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for THIOPHENE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
thiophenesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How THIOPHENE scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in THIOPHENE, 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 | 2 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so THIOPHENE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does THIOPHENE mean in Scrabble?
noun
chemistry
A colourless, flammable liquid compound with a ring of four carbon atoms and one sulphur atom.
Thiophene resembles benzene in many of its reactions and is found as an impurity in coal-tar benzene. Chemists use thiophene as a solvent and as a starting point for making dyes and drugs.
How THIOPHENE is used
Thiophene is a term from organic chemistry.
- The sample was contaminated with thiophene.
- Thiophene rings appear in many pharmaceutical compounds.
- The chemist distilled the thiophene from the benzene.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of THIOPHENE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with THIOPHENE
1 longer words begin with THIOPHENE.
Shorter words from the letters in THIOPHENE
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Common questions about THIOPHENE
- Is THIOPHENE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts THIOPHENE, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is THIOPHENE worth?
- THIOPHENE is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does THIOPHENE mean?
- A colourless, flammable liquid compound with a ring of four carbon atoms and one sulphur atom.
- What letters can be added to THIOPHENE?
- THIOPHENE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of THIOPHENE:
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