saponify
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- Scrabble points
- 16
- Words With Friends
- 17
- Letters
- 8
Definition of saponify
3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
verb
- (transitive)To convert (a fat or oil) into soap.
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verb
- (transitive)To convert (a fat or oil) into soap.
- (intransitive)To be converted into soap.
- (transitive)To hydrolyze (an ester) using an alkali.
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Etymology
From French saponifier, from Late Latin sāpō, sāpōnem (“soap”).
Words you can make from saponify
153 playable · top: YAPONS (11 pts)
Best play yapons 11 points6-letter words
1 word5-letter words
22 words4-letter words
55 words- FAYS 10 pts
- FOYS 10 pts
- FOPS 9 pts
- PAYS 9 pts
- PINY 9 pts
- PONY 9 pts
- POSY 9 pts
- PYAS 9 pts
- PYIN 9 pts
- SPAY 9 pts
- YAPS 9 pts
- YIPS 9 pts
- AYIN 7 pts
- FAIN 7 pts
- FANO 7 pts
- FANS 7 pts
- FINO 7 pts
- FINS 7 pts
- FOIN 7 pts
- FONS 7 pts
- INFO 7 pts
- NAIF 7 pts
- NAYS 7 pts
- NOSY 7 pts
- OAFS 7 pts
- SOFA 7 pts
- SOYA 7 pts
- YINS 7 pts
- YONI 7 pts
- APOS 6 pts
- NAPS 6 pts
- NIPA 6 pts
- NIPS 6 pts
- OPAS 6 pts
- PAIN 6 pts
- PANS 6 pts
- PIAN 6 pts
- PIAS 6 pts
- PINA 6 pts
- PINS 6 pts
- PION 6 pts
- PISO 6 pts
- POIS 6 pts
- PONS 6 pts
- SNAP 6 pts
- SNIP 6 pts
- SOAP 6 pts
- SPAN 6 pts
- SPIN 6 pts
- AINS 4 pts
- ANIS 4 pts
- IONS 4 pts
- NAOI 4 pts
- NAOS 4 pts
- SAIN 4 pts
3-letter words
51 words- FAY 9 pts
- FOY 9 pts
- FOP 8 pts
- PAY 8 pts
- PYA 8 pts
- SPY 8 pts
- YAP 8 pts
- YIP 8 pts
- ANY 6 pts
- AYS 6 pts
- FAN 6 pts
- FAS 6 pts
- FIN 6 pts
- FON 6 pts
- IFS 6 pts
- NAY 6 pts
- OAF 6 pts
- SAY 6 pts
- SOY 6 pts
- SYN 6 pts
- YAS 6 pts
- YIN 6 pts
- YON 6 pts
- APO 5 pts
- ASP 5 pts
- NAP 5 pts
- NIP 5 pts
- OPA 5 pts
- OPS 5 pts
- PAN 5 pts
- PAS 5 pts
- PIA 5 pts
- PIN 5 pts
- PIS 5 pts
- POI 5 pts
- POS 5 pts
- PSI 5 pts
- SAP 5 pts
- SIP 5 pts
- SOP 5 pts
- SPA 5 pts
- AIN 3 pts
- AIS 3 pts
- ANI 3 pts
- INS 3 pts
- ION 3 pts
- NOS 3 pts
- ONS 3 pts
- SAN 3 pts
- SIN 3 pts
- SON 3 pts
2-letter words
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