CANCELLOUS is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. CANCELLOUS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 20 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CANCELLOUS?
| 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: 26 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CANCELLOUS is to know. It scores 14 from 10 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CANCELLOUS
No single letter turns CANCELLOUS into another word.
How CANCELLOUS scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in CANCELLOUS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 2 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CANCELLOUS has to be built on the board across turns.
What does CANCELLOUS mean in Scrabble?
adjective
medical
Having a spongy, porous structure, as the inner part of many bones does.
Cancellous bone is a lattice of tiny struts filled with marrow, found at the ends of long bones. This structure is light but strong, and it is the part that breaks down first in osteoporosis.
How CANCELLOUS is used
Cancellous is used in anatomy, orthopaedics and bone surgery.
- The cancellous tissue inside the bone looks like a sponge.
- A cancellous screw grips the soft inner bone.
- Cancellous bone heals faster than the dense outer layer.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CANCELLOUS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in CANCELLOUS
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Common questions about CANCELLOUS
- Is CANCELLOUS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CANCELLOUS, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CANCELLOUS worth?
- CANCELLOUS is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CANCELLOUS mean?
- Having a spongy, porous structure, as the inner part of many bones does.
- What letters can be added to CANCELLOUS?
- No single letter can be added to CANCELLOUS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of CANCELLOUS:
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