VITELLIN is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. VITELLIN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept VITELLIN?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 45 / 100
Our own measure of how useful VITELLIN is to know. It scores 11 from 8 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for VITELLIN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How VITELLIN scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in VITELLIN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| v | 1 | 2 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so VITELLIN has to be built on the board across turns.
What does VITELLIN mean in Scrabble?
noun
chemistrytechnical
The main protein found in egg yolk.
Biochemists studied vitellin as a source of nutrition for developing embryos. A similar protein exists in some plant seeds, which is why the name appears outside zoology as well.
How VITELLIN is used
Vitellin is used in biochemistry for the yolk protein.
- The student isolated vitellin from a hen's egg.
- Vitellin feeds the growing chick before it hatches.
- A textbook diagram showed where vitellin is stored.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of VITELLIN and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with VITELLIN
3 longer words begin with VITELLIN.
Shorter words from the letters in VITELLIN
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Common questions about VITELLIN
- Is VITELLIN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts VITELLIN, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is VITELLIN worth?
- VITELLIN is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does VITELLIN mean?
- The main protein found in egg yolk.
- What letters can be added to VITELLIN?
- VITELLIN takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of VITELLIN:
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