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Is butane a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word butane is a Scrabble US word. The word butane is worth 8 points in Scrabble:

B3U1T1A1N1E1

Is butane a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word butane is a Scrabble UK word and has 8 points:

B3U1T1A1N1E1

Is butane a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word butane is a Words With Friends word. The word butane is worth 11 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

B4U2T1A1N2E1

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6-letter words (1 found)

BUTANE,

5-letter words (6 found)

ABUNE,BANTU,BEAUT,TABUN,TAUBE,TUBAE,

4-letter words (28 found)

ABET,ABUT,ANTE,AUNE,AUNT,BANE,BANT,BATE,BEAN,BEAT,BEAU,BENT,BETA,BUAT,BUNA,BUNT,BUTE,ETNA,NABE,NEAT,TABU,TANE,TUAN,TUBA,TUBE,TUNA,TUNE,UNBE,

3-letter words (32 found)

ANE,ANT,ATE,AUE,BAE,BAN,BAT,BEN,BET,BUN,BUT,EAN,EAT,EAU,ETA,NAB,NAE,NAT,NEB,NET,NUB,NUT,TAB,TAE,TAN,TAU,TEA,TEN,TUB,TUN,UTA,UTE,

2-letter words (16 found)

AB,AE,AN,AT,BA,BE,EA,EN,ET,NA,NE,NU,TA,TE,UN,UT,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 84 words from butane according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of butane

butane

Etymology

IUPAC nomenclature, from but- (“four carbon prefix”) + -ane (“alkane suffix”), the former is derived from the same stem as the foul-smelling carboxylic acid liberated in rancid butter, "butyric acid", hence cognate with butter.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbjuːteɪn/

Noun

butane (countable and uncountable, plural butanes)

  1. (organic chemistry) A hydrocarbon (either of the two isomers of C4H10 n-butane, and 2-methyl-propane) found in gaseous petroleum fractions.
  2. (organic chemistry, uncountable) The n-butane isomer only.

Synonyms

  • E943a (when used as a propellant)

Derived terms

Related terms

  • alkane
  • ethane
  • methane
  • pentane
  • propane

Translations

Anagrams

  • batune

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /by.tan/

Noun

butane m (plural butanes)

  1. butane
  2. n-butane Synonym of n-butane
    Synonym: n-butane

Derived terms

  • cyclobutane
  • isobutane
  • n-butane

Further reading

  • “butane”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Source: wiktionary.org