CENTESIS is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. CENTESIS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CENTESIS?
| 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: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CENTESIS is to know. It scores 10 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CENTESIS
No single letter turns CENTESIS into another word.
How CENTESIS scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in CENTESIS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CENTESIS has to be built on the board across turns.
What does CENTESIS mean in Scrabble?
noun
medicaltechnical
A surgical puncture of a body cavity with a hollow needle, usually to draw off fluid.
Centesis is most often met as the ending of medical terms such as amniocentesis. On its own the word names the act of piercing and draining, and the plural is centeses.
How CENTESIS is used
Centesis is a medical term, seldom used outside hospitals and textbooks.
- The doctor performed a centesis to relieve the swelling.
- A centesis can show whether fluid is infected.
- Each centesis was done under local anaesthetic.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CENTESIS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in CENTESIS
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Common questions about CENTESIS
- Is CENTESIS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CENTESIS, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CENTESIS worth?
- CENTESIS is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CENTESIS mean?
- A surgical puncture of a body cavity with a hollow needle, usually to draw off fluid.
- What letters can be added to CENTESIS?
- No single letter can be added to CENTESIS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of CENTESIS:
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