BRONCHIAL is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. BRONCHIAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BRONCHIAL?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BRONCHIAL is to know. It scores 16 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BRONCHIAL
No single letter turns BRONCHIAL into another word.
How BRONCHIAL scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in BRONCHIAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so BRONCHIAL has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about BRONCHIAL
- All 9 letters of BRONCHIAL are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does BRONCHIAL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
medical
Relating to the bronchi, the air tubes that lead from the windpipe into the lungs.
Doctors speak of bronchial tubes, bronchial infections and bronchial asthma when the trouble lies in the airways of the chest. The word points to the branching passages, not to the throat above them.
How BRONCHIAL is used
Used in medicine for the air passages inside the lungs.
- The doctor listened for wheezing in his bronchial tubes.
- A bronchial infection kept her at home for a week.
- Cold air can irritate bronchial passages.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BRONCHIAL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BRONCHIAL
1 longer words begin with BRONCHIAL.
Shorter words from the letters in BRONCHIAL
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Common questions about BRONCHIAL
- Is BRONCHIAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BRONCHIAL, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BRONCHIAL worth?
- BRONCHIAL is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BRONCHIAL mean?
- Relating to the bronchi, the air tubes that lead from the windpipe into the lungs.
- What letters can be added to BRONCHIAL?
- No single letter can be added to BRONCHIAL to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of BRONCHIAL:
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