CICATRIZE is a valid Scrabble word — 22 points
Yes. CICATRIZE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 22 points in Scrabble and 24 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CICATRIZE?
| 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: 46 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CICATRIZE is to know. It scores 22 from 9 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CICATRIZE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CICATRIZE scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in CICATRIZE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 2 | 2 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| z | 1 | 1 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CICATRIZE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does CICATRIZE mean in Scrabble?
verb
medical
To heal by forming a scar, or to close a wound with scar tissue.
A deep cut will cicatrize slowly, leaving a mark where new tissue has replaced the damaged skin. Doctors use the term for both the natural process and for treatments that encourage it. The noun form is cicatrix.
How CICATRIZE is used
Formal medical and literary word for the closing of a wound.
- The wound began to cicatrize within a fortnight.
- Doctors expect the burn to cicatrize without infection.
- Skin may cicatrize unevenly after surgery.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CICATRIZE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CICATRIZE
4 longer words begin with CICATRIZE.
Shorter words from the letters in CICATRIZE
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Common questions about CICATRIZE
- Is CICATRIZE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CICATRIZE, where it scores 24 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CICATRIZE worth?
- CICATRIZE is worth 22 points in Scrabble and 24 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CICATRIZE mean?
- To heal by forming a scar, or to close a wound with scar tissue.
- What letters can be added to CICATRIZE?
- CICATRIZE takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of CICATRIZE:
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