URETHANE is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. URETHANE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept URETHANE?
| 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 URETHANE is to know. It scores 11 from 8 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 7.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for URETHANE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How URETHANE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in URETHANE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| u | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so URETHANE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does URETHANE mean in Scrabble?
noun
chemistry
A white crystalline compound once used as an anaesthetic, and the name for a family of related compounds found in plastics and coatings.
Today urethane is mostly met in foams, varnishes and wheels, since the polymer form is tough and elastic. The pure crystalline substance fell out of medical use once its risks were understood.
How URETHANE is used
Appears in chemistry and in product descriptions of coatings and foams.
- The floor was sealed with a clear urethane finish.
- Skate wheels made of urethane grip well on smooth concrete.
- Researchers once used urethane to anaesthetise laboratory animals.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of URETHANE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with URETHANE
2 longer words begin with URETHANE.
Shorter words from the letters in URETHANE
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Common questions about URETHANE
- Is URETHANE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts URETHANE, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is URETHANE worth?
- URETHANE is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does URETHANE mean?
- A white crystalline compound once used as an anaesthetic, and the name for a family of related compounds found in plastics and coatings.
- What letters can be added to URETHANE?
- URETHANE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of URETHANE:
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