CARCINOMA is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. CARCINOMA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CARCINOMA?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CARCINOMA is to know. It scores 15 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CARCINOMA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
carcinomasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CARCINOMA scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in CARCINOMA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 2 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CARCINOMA has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about CARCINOMA
- The same 9 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does CARCINOMA mean in Scrabble?
noun
medical
A cancer that begins in the cells lining the skin or the internal organs.
Most human cancers are a form of carcinoma, including many of the lung, breast and colon. Doctors name the type by the organ or tissue involved, such as basal cell carcinoma of the skin.
How CARCINOMA is used
Used in medicine and pathology; the plural is carcinomas or carcinomata.
- The biopsy confirmed a carcinoma in the lung.
- Early surgery removed the small carcinoma.
- Sunlight exposure raises the risk of skin carcinoma.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CARCINOMA and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of CARCINOMA
The 9 tiles of CARCINOMA in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with CARCINOMA
7 longer words begin with CARCINOMA.
Shorter words from the letters in CARCINOMA
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Common questions about CARCINOMA
- Is CARCINOMA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CARCINOMA, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CARCINOMA worth?
- CARCINOMA is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CARCINOMA mean?
- A cancer that begins in the cells lining the skin or the internal organs.
- What letters can be added to CARCINOMA?
- CARCINOMA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of CARCINOMA:
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