URETHAN is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. URETHAN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept URETHAN?
| 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: 55 / 100
Our own measure of how useful URETHAN is to know. It scores 10 from 7 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for URETHAN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How URETHAN scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in URETHAN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| u | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 85,774.
What stands out about URETHAN
- The same 7 tiles also spell 3 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does URETHAN mean in Scrabble?
noun
chemistry
A chemical compound derived from carbamic acid, especially a white crystalline solid used in laboratories.
Chemists use the name for a whole family of carbamic acid esters, and the best-known member is a crystalline powder once used as an anaesthetic for lab animals. Modern writing more often spells the word urethane.
How URETHAN is used
Urethan is the shorter spelling of urethane, found in chemistry texts.
- The old textbook listed urethan among the common solvents.
- Urethan dissolves easily in water.
- Researchers once used urethan to anaesthetise small animals.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of URETHAN and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of URETHAN
The 7 tiles of URETHAN in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with URETHAN
5 longer words begin with URETHAN.
Shorter words from the letters in URETHAN
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Common questions about URETHAN
- Is URETHAN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts URETHAN, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is URETHAN worth?
- URETHAN is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does URETHAN mean?
- A chemical compound derived from carbamic acid, especially a white crystalline solid used in laboratories.
- What letters can be added to URETHAN?
- URETHAN takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of URETHAN:
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