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Is acetylene a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word acetylene is a Scrabble US word. The word acetylene is worth 14 points in Scrabble:

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Is acetylene a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word acetylene is a Scrabble UK word and has 14 points:

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Yes. The word acetylene is a Words With Friends word. The word acetylene is worth 16 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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9-letter words (1 found)

ACETYLENE,

7-letter words (3 found)

ENTAYLE,LATENCE,LATENCY,

6-letter words (13 found)

ACETYL,CANTLE,CENTAL,CETANE,ELANCE,ELANET,ENLACE,EYALET,EYELET,LANCET,LATEEN,NEATLY,TENACE,

5-letter words (29 found)

ALEYE,ANCLE,ANELE,CANTY,CETYL,CLEAN,CLEAT,CTENE,EATEN,ECLAT,ELATE,ELECT,ENACT,ENATE,LACET,LACEY,LANCE,LATEN,LEANT,LEANY,LYCEA,LYCEE,NEELE,TALCY,TEENE,TEENY,TELAE,YENTA,YENTE,

4-letter words (56 found)

ACNE,ACYL,ALEC,ALEE,ANCE,ANTE,CANE,CANT,CANY,CATE,CELT,CENT,CETE,CLAN,CLAT,CLAY,CYAN,CYTE,EALE,EELY,ELAN,ETEN,ETNA,EYEN,EYNE,LACE,LACY,LANE,LANT,LATE,LEAN,LEAT,LEET,LENT,LYNE,LYTE,NEAL,NEAT,NETE,TACE,TAEL,TALC,TALE,TANE,TEAL,TEEL,TEEN,TELA,TELE,TENE,TYEE,TYNE,YALE,YATE,YEAN,YELT,

3-letter words (51 found)

ACE,ACT,ALE,ALT,ANE,ANT,ANY,ATE,AYE,CAL,CAN,CAT,CAY,CEE,CEL,CLY,EAN,EAT,EEL,EEN,ELT,ENE,ETA,EYE,LAC,LAT,LAY,LEA,LEE,LET,LEY,LYE,NAE,NAT,NAY,NEE,NET,NYE,TAE,TAN,TAY,TEA,TEC,TEE,TEL,TEN,TYE,YAE,YEA,YEN,YET,

2-letter words (18 found)

AE,AL,AN,AT,AY,EA,EE,EL,EN,ET,LA,NA,NE,NY,TA,TE,YA,YE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 172 words from acetylene according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of acetylene

acetylene

Etymology

Borrowed from French acétylène, coined by French chemist Marcellin Berthelot, from acetyl.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /əˈsɛtəlˌin/

Noun

acetylene (countable and uncountable, plural acetylenes)

  2. (organic chemistry, countable) Any organic compound having one or more carbon–carbon triple bonds; an alkyne.
  4. (organic chemistry, uncountable) Ethyne; the simplest alkyne, a hydrocarbon of formula HC≡CH. It is a colourless, odourless, extremely flammable, explosive gas, formerly used as an illuminating gas, but now used in welding and metallurgy.
  6. A lamp powered by acetylene, particularly a motor vehicle headlight.

Synonyms

  • (IUPAC name): ethyne

Derived terms

Related terms

  • acetylide

Translations

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

  • acetyla

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /asɛˈtyːlənə/
  • Rhymes: -ənə
  • Hyphenation: a‧ce‧ty‧le‧ne

Noun

acetylene n

  1. definite plural of acetyl

Source: wiktionary.org