TROTYL is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. TROTYL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TROTYL?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TROTYL is to know. It scores 9 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TROTYL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
trotylsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How TROTYL scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in TROTYL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 2 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 206,954.
What stands out about TROTYL
- TROTYL gets by on a single vowel across 6 letters.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does TROTYL mean in Scrabble?
noun
chemistry
Another name for TNT, a yellow solid used as a high explosive.
The name trotyl is used mainly in Russian and other European sources for the compound known elsewhere by its initials TNT, or trinitrotoluene. It is made by treating toluene with nitric acid, and it is valued because it is stable and does not explode easily by accident. Trotyl equivalent is also a common way of stating the power of other explosives and even of large blasts.
How TROTYL is used
Technical term; rare in English outside chemistry and military writing.
- The shell was packed with trotyl.
- Old mines were often filled with trotyl.
- Engineers compared the blast to so many tonnes of trotyl.
- Pure trotyl is a pale yellow solid.
- The report listed trotyl among the seized materials.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TROTYL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with TROTYL
1 longer words begin with TROTYL.
Shorter words from the letters in TROTYL
Common questions about TROTYL
- Is TROTYL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TROTYL, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TROTYL worth?
- TROTYL is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TROTYL mean?
- Another name for TNT, a yellow solid used as a high explosive.
- What letters can be added to TROTYL?
- TROTYL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of TROTYL:
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