ANTALGIC is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. ANTALGIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ANTALGIC?
| 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: 40 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ANTALGIC is to know. It scores 11 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ANTALGIC
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
antalgicsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ANTALGIC scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in ANTALGIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ANTALGIC has to be built on the board across turns.
What does ANTALGIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
medical
Relieving or easing pain.
Antalgic is the medical cousin of analgesic. As a noun it names a painkiller, and clinicians also use it for a limping walk that a patient adopts to avoid hurting a sore leg.
How ANTALGIC is used
Used in medicine for pain-relieving drugs or treatments.
- The nurse gave an antalgic injection before the procedure.
- An antalgic medicine can ease the pain of a sprain.
- The antalgic properties of the cream surprised him.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ANTALGIC and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ANTALGIC
1 longer words begin with ANTALGIC.
Shorter words from the letters in ANTALGIC
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Common questions about ANTALGIC
- Is ANTALGIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ANTALGIC, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ANTALGIC worth?
- ANTALGIC is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ANTALGIC mean?
- Relieving or easing pain.
- What letters can be added to ANTALGIC?
- ANTALGIC takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of ANTALGIC:
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