ABDUCENS is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. ABDUCENS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ABDUCENS?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ABDUCENS is to know. It scores 13 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ABDUCENS
No single letter turns ABDUCENS into another word.
How ABDUCENS scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in ABDUCENS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ABDUCENS has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about ABDUCENS
- All 8 letters of ABDUCENS are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does ABDUCENS mean in Scrabble?
noun
medical
The sixth cranial nerve, which moves the eye outward.
The abducens nerve controls a single muscle, the lateral rectus, which turns the eyeball away from the nose. Damage to the abducens makes the eye unable to look sideways and often causes double vision.
How ABDUCENS is used
A term from anatomy and neurology, usually met in textbooks and clinical notes.
- The abducens runs a long path from the brainstem to the eye.
- A lesion of the abducens left her unable to look to the right.
- Students memorise the abducens along with the other cranial nerves.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ABDUCENS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in ABDUCENS
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Common questions about ABDUCENS
- Is ABDUCENS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ABDUCENS, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ABDUCENS worth?
- ABDUCENS is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ABDUCENS mean?
- The sixth cranial nerve, which moves the eye outward.
- What letters can be added to ABDUCENS?
- No single letter can be added to ABDUCENS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of ABDUCENS:
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