XANTHEIN is a valid Scrabble word — 18 points
Yes. XANTHEIN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 18 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept XANTHEIN?
| 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: 49 / 100
Our own measure of how useful XANTHEIN is to know. It scores 18 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for XANTHEIN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
xantheinsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How XANTHEIN scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in XANTHEIN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| x | 1 | 1 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so XANTHEIN has to be built on the board across turns.
What does XANTHEIN mean in Scrabble?
noun
technicalbotany
The part of the yellow colouring matter in flowers that dissolves in water.
Older botany books used xanthein for the water-soluble fraction of flower pigment, as opposed to the fat-soluble part. The name comes from the Greek word for yellow. Modern texts usually name the specific pigments instead.
How XANTHEIN is used
Almost only met in old botanical or chemical writing about plant pigments.
- The petals were crushed and the xanthein was washed out with water.
- Early researchers separated xanthein from the oily yellow pigment.
- A note on xanthein appears in the nineteenth-century paper.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of XANTHEIN and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of XANTHEIN
The 8 tiles of XANTHEIN in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with XANTHEIN
1 longer words begin with XANTHEIN.
Shorter words from the letters in XANTHEIN
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Common questions about XANTHEIN
- Is XANTHEIN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts XANTHEIN, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is XANTHEIN worth?
- XANTHEIN is worth 18 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does XANTHEIN mean?
- The part of the yellow colouring matter in flowers that dissolves in water.
- What letters can be added to XANTHEIN?
- XANTHEIN takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of XANTHEIN:
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