CEREBROSIDE is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. CEREBROSIDE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CEREBROSIDE?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CEREBROSIDE is to know. It scores 16 from 11 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CEREBROSIDE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
cerebrosidesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CEREBROSIDE scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in CEREBROSIDE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| e | 3 | 12 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CEREBROSIDE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does CEREBROSIDE mean in Scrabble?
noun
chemistrytechnical
Any of a group of fatty compounds containing a sugar, found especially in the sheaths around nerve fibres.
These lipids are abundant in brain tissue and help insulate nerves. Inherited disorders in which a cerebroside builds up in cells, such as Gaucher disease, are studied in medicine.
How CEREBROSIDE is used
Biochemical term, used in textbooks and research on nerve tissue.
- The brain extract was rich in cerebroside.
- A defect in breaking down cerebroside can damage the nervous system.
- Chemists isolated a cerebroside from the myelin sheath.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CEREBROSIDE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CEREBROSIDE
1 longer words begin with CEREBROSIDE.
Shorter words from the letters in CEREBROSIDE
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Common questions about CEREBROSIDE
- Is CEREBROSIDE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CEREBROSIDE, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CEREBROSIDE worth?
- CEREBROSIDE is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CEREBROSIDE mean?
- Any of a group of fatty compounds containing a sugar, found especially in the sheaths around nerve fibres.
- What letters can be added to CEREBROSIDE?
- CEREBROSIDE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of CEREBROSIDE:
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