URANYL is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. URANYL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept URANYL?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful URANYL is to know. It scores 9 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for URANYL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
uranylsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How URANYL scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in URANYL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| u | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 114,974.
What does URANYL mean in Scrabble?
noun
chemistry
A positive ion made of one uranium atom and two oxygen atoms, found in many uranium compounds.
Chemists meet this group in salts such as uranyl nitrate, where it behaves like a single unit carrying a double positive charge. Many of its compounds glow yellow-green under ultraviolet light, which is why old uranium glass looks so striking. The name comes from uranium with the chemical ending -yl, used for such groups.
How URANYL is used
Technical term of chemistry and mineralogy.
- The uranyl ion is easy to spot because its salts glow under ultraviolet light.
- She dissolved a sample of uranyl nitrate in water.
- Antique green glass often owes its colour to uranyl.
- Each uranyl unit in the crystal holds two oxygen atoms.
- The report measured uranyl in the groundwater near the mine.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of URANYL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of URANYL
The 6 tiles of URANYL in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with URANYL
2 longer words begin with URANYL.
Shorter words from the letters in URANYL
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Common questions about URANYL
- Is URANYL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts URANYL, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is URANYL worth?
- URANYL is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does URANYL mean?
- A positive ion made of one uranium atom and two oxygen atoms, found in many uranium compounds.
- What letters can be added to URANYL?
- URANYL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of URANYL:
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