BIOPSY is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. BIOPSY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BIOPSY?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
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| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BIOPSY is to know. It scores 13 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BIOPSY
No single letter turns BIOPSY into another word.
How BIOPSY scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in BIOPSY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 517,384.
What stands out about BIOPSY
- The letters of BIOPSY run in alphabetical order from first to last.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does BIOPSY mean in Scrabble?
noun
medical
The removal and examination of a small sample of living tissue to find out whether disease is present and how far it has spread.
A biopsy is usually the step that turns a suspicion into a firm diagnosis, because a specialist studies the sample under a microscope instead of guessing from scans alone. The sample may be taken with a needle, a small cut or an instrument passed through a body opening. The word comes from Greek roots meaning life and sight, and it is also used for the sample itself.
How BIOPSY is used
Medical term, used both for the procedure and for the tissue taken; people say a biopsy was taken, done or sent to the laboratory.
- The doctor ordered a biopsy of the lump.
- Results from the biopsy came back clear after a week.
- A needle biopsy can often be done in a single short visit.
- The surgeon sent the biopsy to the laboratory for study.
- She was relieved that the biopsy showed nothing serious.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BIOPSY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BIOPSY
4 longer words begin with BIOPSY.
Shorter words from the letters in BIOPSY
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Common questions about BIOPSY
- Is BIOPSY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BIOPSY, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BIOPSY worth?
- BIOPSY is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BIOPSY mean?
- The removal and examination of a small sample of living tissue to find out whether disease is present and how far it has spread.
- What letters can be added to BIOPSY?
- No single letter can be added to BIOPSY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of BIOPSY:
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