XENOBIOTIC is a valid Scrabble word — 21 points
Yes. XENOBIOTIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 21 points in Scrabble and 24 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept XENOBIOTIC?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful XENOBIOTIC is to know. It scores 21 from 10 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for XENOBIOTIC
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
xenobioticsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How XENOBIOTIC scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in XENOBIOTIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| x | 1 | 1 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so XENOBIOTIC has to be built on the board across turns.
What does XENOBIOTIC mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A chemical substance, such as a drug or pesticide, that is foreign to a living organism or an ecosystem.
Biologists use xenobiotic for any compound an organism does not make for itself and does not normally encounter. The liver spends much of its effort breaking down each xenobiotic so that it can be removed from the body.
How XENOBIOTIC is used
Xenobiotic appears in toxicology, pharmacology and environmental science, both as a noun and as an adjective.
- The enzyme helps the liver neutralise each xenobiotic that enters the blood.
- Plastic additives are a common xenobiotic in river water.
- Researchers measured how fast the xenobiotic was cleared from the tissue.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of XENOBIOTIC and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with XENOBIOTIC
1 longer words begin with XENOBIOTIC.
Shorter words from the letters in XENOBIOTIC
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Common questions about XENOBIOTIC
- Is XENOBIOTIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts XENOBIOTIC, where it scores 24 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is XENOBIOTIC worth?
- XENOBIOTIC is worth 21 points in Scrabble and 24 points in Words with Friends.
- What does XENOBIOTIC mean?
- A chemical substance, such as a drug or pesticide, that is foreign to a living organism or an ecosystem.
- What letters can be added to XENOBIOTIC?
- XENOBIOTIC takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of XENOBIOTIC:
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