THIOUREA is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. THIOUREA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept THIOUREA?
| 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: 43 / 100
Our own measure of how useful THIOUREA is to know. It scores 11 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for THIOUREA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
thioureasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How THIOUREA scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in THIOUREA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so THIOUREA has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about THIOUREA
- All 8 letters of THIOUREA are different — nothing repeats.
- THIOUREA runs three vowels in a row, which almost no English word does.
- THIOUREA contains every vowel — A, E, I, O and U.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does THIOUREA mean in Scrabble?
noun
chemistry
A white crystalline compound that resembles urea but has a sulphur atom in place of oxygen.
Thiourea dissolves in water and tastes bitter. Industry uses it in photography, in making resins and in some metal treatments. The name shows its link to urea, with the thio- prefix marking the sulphur swap.
How THIOUREA is used
Used in chemistry and industry, often alongside a safety warning.
- The photographic bath contained a small amount of thiourea.
- In the experiment, thiourea replaced urea to show the effect of sulphur.
- Thiourea crystals appeared as the solution cooled.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of THIOUREA and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with THIOUREA
1 longer words begin with THIOUREA.
Shorter words from the letters in THIOUREA
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Common questions about THIOUREA
- Is THIOUREA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts THIOUREA, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is THIOUREA worth?
- THIOUREA is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does THIOUREA mean?
- A white crystalline compound that resembles urea but has a sulphur atom in place of oxygen.
- What letters can be added to THIOUREA?
- THIOUREA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of THIOUREA:
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