CAUSALGIA is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. CAUSALGIA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CAUSALGIA?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CAUSALGIA is to know. It scores 12 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CAUSALGIA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
causalgiasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CAUSALGIA scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in CAUSALGIA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 3 | 9 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CAUSALGIA has to be built on the board across turns.
What does CAUSALGIA mean in Scrabble?
noun
medical
A burning pain in a limb, caused by injury to a nerve.
Causalgia often follows a gunshot or crush injury to a peripheral nerve. The skin of the affected area may become shiny and extremely sensitive. Modern medicine usually files it under complex regional pain syndrome.
How CAUSALGIA is used
A medical term, now mostly found in older texts.
- The soldier suffered causalgia in his arm after the wound.
- Doctors diagnosed causalgia from the burning pain.
- Treatment of causalgia can take months.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CAUSALGIA and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CAUSALGIA
1 longer words begin with CAUSALGIA.
Shorter words from the letters in CAUSALGIA
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Common questions about CAUSALGIA
- Is CAUSALGIA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CAUSALGIA, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CAUSALGIA worth?
- CAUSALGIA is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CAUSALGIA mean?
- A burning pain in a limb, caused by injury to a nerve.
- What letters can be added to CAUSALGIA?
- CAUSALGIA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of CAUSALGIA:
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