ZEATIN is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. ZEATIN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ZEATIN?
| 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: 43 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ZEATIN is to know. It scores 15 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ZEATIN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
zeatinsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ZEATIN scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in ZEATIN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| z | 1 | 1 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 34,066.
What does ZEATIN mean in Scrabble?
noun
botanychemistry
A plant hormone of the cytokinin group first isolated from maize.
Zeatin encourages plant cells to divide and slows the ageing of leaves. Its name points to its first source, the genus of maize, and it is a standard term in plant biology courses.
How ZEATIN is used
The word zeatin appears in botany textbooks and in research on how plants grow.
- The lab added zeatin to the culture to make the shoots grow.
- Zeatin levels rose in the roots of the young seedlings.
- Researchers first extracted zeatin from immature corn kernels.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ZEATIN and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ZEATIN
1 longer words begin with ZEATIN.
Shorter words from the letters in ZEATIN
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Common questions about ZEATIN
- Is ZEATIN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ZEATIN, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ZEATIN worth?
- ZEATIN is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ZEATIN mean?
- A plant hormone of the cytokinin group first isolated from maize.
- What letters can be added to ZEATIN?
- ZEATIN takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of ZEATIN:
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