oxide

Plural: oxides

Noun

A chemical compound containing oxygen combined with another element.
any compound of oxygen with another element or a radical
A binary chemical compound of oxygen with another chemical element.

Examples

Placing OXIDE on the double word score earned a decent 12 points.

Origin / Etymology

Archaic French oxide (now oxyde), from a blend of ox(ygene) and (ac)ide, coined by G. de Morveau and A. Lavoisier. By surface analysis, ox- + -ide.

Scrabble Score: 13

oxide: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
oxide: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
oxide: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 13

oxide: valid Words With Friends Word