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Is methyl a Scrabble word?

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

M3E1T1H4Y4L1

Is methyl a Scrabble UK word?

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

M3E1T1H4Y4L1

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Yes. The word methyl is a Words With Friends word. The word methyl is worth 14 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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6-letter words (1 found)

METHYL,

5-letter words (4 found)

ETHYL,LYTHE,MELTY,THYME,

4-letter words (14 found)

ELMY,HELM,HYLE,HYTE,LYME,LYTE,MELT,METH,MYTH,THEM,THEY,YELM,YELT,YLEM,

3-letter words (20 found)

ELM,ELT,ETH,HEM,HET,HEY,HYE,LET,LEY,LYE,LYM,MEH,MEL,MET,TEL,THE,THY,TYE,YEH,YET,

2-letter words (10 found)

EH,EL,EM,ET,HE,HM,ME,MY,TE,YE,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 50 words from methyl according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of methyl

methyl

Etymology

Borrowed from German Methyl; compare French méthyle.

French chemists Jean-Baptiste Dumas and Eugene Peligot, after determining methanol's chemical structure, introduced "methylene" from the Ancient Greek μέθυ (méthu, “wine”) + ὕλη (húlē, “wood, material”) with the intention of highlighting its origins, "alcohol made from wood (substance)". The term "methyl" was derived in about 1840 by back-formation from "methylene", and was then applied to describe "methyl alcohol".

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) enPR: mĕʹthĭl, IPA(key): /ˈmɛθaɪl/, /ˈmɛθɪl/, /ˈmiːθaɪl/, /ˈmiːθɪl/
  • (US, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈmɛθəl/
  • Rhymes: -ɛθɪl

Noun

methyl (plural methyls)

  1. (organic chemistry) The univalent hydrocarbon radical, CH3-, formally derived from methane by the loss of a hydrogen atom; a compound or part of a compound formed by the attachment of such a radical.
    • 2003, Russell Timkovich, 73: The Family of d-Type Hemes: Tetrapyrroles with Unusual Substituents, Karl M. Kadish, Kevin M. Smith, Roger Guilard (editors), The Porphyrin Handbook, Volume 12: The Iron and Cobalt Pigments: Biosynthesis, Structure and Degradation, page 134,
      The southern acetates must be decarboxylated to methyls.

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Translations

Dutch

Etymology

From meth- +‎ -yl.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /meːˈtil/
  • Hyphenation: me‧thyl

Noun

methyl n (uncountable)

  1. (organic chemistry) methyl

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