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SAPONIFY

8 letters, 16 points in Scrabble, 3 vowels

What SAPONIFY Means

  1. verb: become converted into soap by being hydrolized into an acid and alcohol as a result of being treated with an alkali“the oil saponified”
  2. verb: convert into soap by hydrolizing an ester into an acid and alcohol as a result of treating it with an alkali“saponify oils and fats”

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

SAPONIFY is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 16 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as S1 A1 P3 O1 N1 I1 F4 Y4.

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