ANASTOMOSIS is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. ANASTOMOSIS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ANASTOMOSIS?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 26 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ANASTOMOSIS is to know. It scores 13 from 11 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ANASTOMOSIS
No single letter turns ANASTOMOSIS into another word.
How ANASTOMOSIS scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in ANASTOMOSIS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| s | 3 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ANASTOMOSIS has to be built on the board across turns.
What does ANASTOMOSIS mean in Scrabble?
noun
medical
A connection between two tubes or channels, such as blood vessels, either natural or made by surgery.
Surgeons create an anastomosis when they join two ends of intestine or blood vessel after removing a diseased section. In nature the word covers branching channels that link up into a network.
How ANASTOMOSIS is used
Anastomosis is a medical and anatomical term.
- The surgeon performed an anastomosis to rejoin the bowel.
- An anastomosis between arteries can keep blood flowing around a blockage.
- Leaf veins form an anastomosis that spreads water across the blade.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ANASTOMOSIS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in ANASTOMOSIS
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Common questions about ANASTOMOSIS
- Is ANASTOMOSIS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ANASTOMOSIS, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ANASTOMOSIS worth?
- ANASTOMOSIS is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ANASTOMOSIS mean?
- A connection between two tubes or channels, such as blood vessels, either natural or made by surgery.
- What letters can be added to ANASTOMOSIS?
- No single letter can be added to ANASTOMOSIS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of ANASTOMOSIS:
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