TOXICANT is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. TOXICANT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TOXICANT?
| 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: 46 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TOXICANT is to know. It scores 17 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TOXICANT
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
toxicantsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How TOXICANT scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in TOXICANT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 2 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| x | 1 | 1 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so TOXICANT has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about TOXICANT
- TOXICANT begins and ends with the same letter.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does TOXICANT mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A poisonous substance, especially one released into the environment.
Regulators speak of a toxicant when they mean a chemical that harms living things, such as a pesticide or an industrial pollutant. It stresses the harmful substance rather than the illness it causes.
How TOXICANT is used
The word toxicant is common in environmental science and safety regulation.
- The lab tested the river for each known toxicant.
- A single toxicant can wipe out the fish in a pond.
- The label warns that the toxicant is harmful to bees.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TOXICANT and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with TOXICANT
1 longer words begin with TOXICANT.
Shorter words from the letters in TOXICANT
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Common questions about TOXICANT
- Is TOXICANT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TOXICANT, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TOXICANT worth?
- TOXICANT is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TOXICANT mean?
- A poisonous substance, especially one released into the environment.
- What letters can be added to TOXICANT?
- TOXICANT takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of TOXICANT:
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