BISTOURY is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. BISTOURY 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 BISTOURY?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BISTOURY is to know. It scores 13 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BISTOURY
No single letter turns BISTOURY into another word.
How BISTOURY scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in BISTOURY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so BISTOURY has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about BISTOURY
- All 8 letters of BISTOURY are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does BISTOURY mean in Scrabble?
noun
medical
A slender surgical knife with a narrow blade, straight or curved, used for small incisions.
Surgeons once used a bistoury to open abscesses or cut tissue beneath the surface. The word survives in history and in literature, while modern operating rooms speak simply of scalpels.
How BISTOURY is used
Bistoury is a dated medical word, found in older texts.
- The surgeon drew a bistoury from his case.
- A curved bistoury was ideal for the narrow incision.
- Nineteenth-century manuals show how to hold a bistoury.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BISTOURY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in BISTOURY
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Common questions about BISTOURY
- Is BISTOURY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BISTOURY, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BISTOURY worth?
- BISTOURY is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BISTOURY mean?
- A slender surgical knife with a narrow blade, straight or curved, used for small incisions.
- What letters can be added to BISTOURY?
- No single letter can be added to BISTOURY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of BISTOURY:
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