ANKYLOSIS is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. ANKYLOSIS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ANKYLOSIS?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
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| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ANKYLOSIS is to know. It scores 16 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ANKYLOSIS
No single letter turns ANKYLOSIS into another word.
How ANKYLOSIS scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in ANKYLOSIS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ANKYLOSIS has to be built on the board across turns.
What does ANKYLOSIS mean in Scrabble?
noun
medical
Stiffening of a joint caused by the bones fusing or by growth of tissue, so that the joint can barely move.
Doctors may meet ankylosis after injury, infection or long-term arthritis, and sometimes it is created deliberately to stop a painful joint from moving. The word comes from medical Greek and is almost never used outside clinical settings.
How ANKYLOSIS is used
Used in medicine and anatomy for joints, and sometimes for fused structures such as teeth to bone.
- The scan showed ankylosis of the left knee after the old injury.
- Severe ankylosis can leave a joint completely fixed in one position.
- The surgeon explained that the ankylosis was permanent.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ANKYLOSIS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in ANKYLOSIS
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Common questions about ANKYLOSIS
- Is ANKYLOSIS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ANKYLOSIS, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ANKYLOSIS worth?
- ANKYLOSIS is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ANKYLOSIS mean?
- Stiffening of a joint caused by the bones fusing or by growth of tissue, so that the joint can barely move.
- What letters can be added to ANKYLOSIS?
- No single letter can be added to ANKYLOSIS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of ANKYLOSIS:
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