What LACTONE Means
- noun: a cyclic intramolecular ester derived from a hydroxy acid.“Lactones are formed by intramolecular esterification of the corresponding hydroxycarboxylic acids, which takes place spontaneously when the ring that is formed is five- or six-membered.”
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
LACTONE is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 9 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as L1 A1 C3 T1 O1 N1 E1.
At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 59 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.
Words Made From The Letters In LACTONE
165 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.
6 letter words (8)
5 letter words (33)
ACTONALONEANCLEANOLEATONECANOECANTOCENTOCLEANCLEATCLONECLOTECOATECONTECOTANECLATENACTLACETLANCELATENLEANTLENTONOTALOATENOCEANOCTALOCTANOLENTONCETTALONTELCOTOLANTONAL
4 letter words (64)
ACNEAEONALCOALECALOEALTOANCEANTEATOCCALOCANECANTCATECELTCENTCLANCLATCLONCLOTCOALCOATCOLACOLECOLTCONECOTEELANENOLEOANETNALACELANELANTLATELEANLEATLENOLENTLOANLOCALONELOTALOTENEALNEATNOELNOLENOTANOTEOCTAOLEAONCETACETACOTAELTALCTALETANETEALTELATOEATOLATOLETONE
3 letter words (42)
ACEACTALEALTANEANTATECANCATCELCOLCONCOTEANEATECOELTEONETALACLATLEALETLOTNAENATNETNOTOATOCAOLEONETAETANTAOTEATECTELTENTOCTOETON
2 letter words (18)
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