CELIAC is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. CELIAC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CELIAC?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CELIAC is to know. It scores 10 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CELIAC
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
celiacsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CELIAC scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in CELIAC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 2 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 306,598.
What stands out about CELIAC
- CELIAC begins and ends with the same letter.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does CELIAC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
medicalNorth American
Relating to the abdomen, or to the disease in which gluten damages the lining of the small intestine.
In its older anatomical sense, celiac describes things belonging to the belly, as in the celiac artery that supplies blood to the stomach, liver and spleen. Today the word is most often met in celiac disease, an autoimmune condition set off by gluten that forces patients onto a strict gluten-free diet. It can also be used as a noun for a person with that condition. The spelling with a plain e is the American one; British writers keep the o.
How CELIAC is used
Medical term, now widely known through gluten-free diets; the noun means a person with the disease.
- The doctor suspected celiac disease after the blood test.
- The celiac artery branches off the aorta in the abdomen.
- As a celiac, he reads every ingredient list twice.
- The bakery offers a separate celiac-safe counter.
- A celiac plexus block can ease severe abdominal pain.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CELIAC and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of CELIAC
The 6 tiles of CELIAC in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with CELIAC
1 longer words begin with CELIAC.
Shorter words from the letters in CELIAC
Common questions about CELIAC
- Is CELIAC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CELIAC, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CELIAC worth?
- CELIAC is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CELIAC mean?
- Relating to the abdomen, or to the disease in which gluten damages the lining of the small intestine.
- What letters can be added to CELIAC?
- CELIAC takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of CELIAC:
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