Is HYDROXYL a word?
HYDROXYL is a valid word in Scrabble and Words With Friends. It scores 25 points in Scrabble and 23 points in Words With Friends, has 8 letters, and can be rearranged into 0 other words, plus 37 shorter words built from the same letters.
Yes, HYDROXYL is a valid word.
What does hydroxyl mean?
noun: the monovalent group -OH in such compounds as bases and some acids and alcohols.
Definition from WordNet, Princeton University.
HYDROXYL: word details
- Length: 8 letters, a long word. It is one of 40,530 8-letter words in our dictionary.
- Scrabble: worth 25 points on the tiles.
- Words With Friends: worth 23 points on the tiles.
- Games: recognised in the combined word list Unscrambly uses for Scrabble and Words With Friends. Acceptance in official tournament lists (TWL, SOWPODS) can vary.
Shorter words inside hydroxyl
Words you can make from the letters of hydroxyl.
Solve a whole rack, not just HYDROXYL
HYDROXYL is one word. If you are holding tiles rather than looking up a single entry, the Scrabble word finder ranks every play from your rack by points, and the Words With Friends solver scores the same letters with WWF values instead, which changes the order of the list.
Frequently asked questions
What does HYDROXYL mean?
HYDROXYL is a noun. It means: the monovalent group -OH in such compounds as bases and some acids and alcohols.
Is HYDROXYL a valid word?
Yes, HYDROXYL is a valid word. It scores 25 points in Scrabble and 23 points in Words With Friends.
Unscrambly validity is based on a large open English word list used across word games. Word acceptance varies by the exact tournament dictionary in use.