CORTISONE is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. CORTISONE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CORTISONE?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CORTISONE is to know. It scores 11 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CORTISONE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
cortisonesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CORTISONE scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in CORTISONE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CORTISONE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does CORTISONE mean in Scrabble?
noun
medical
A steroid hormone made by the adrenal glands, also produced synthetically to reduce inflammation.
Doctors inject cortisone into painful joints to ease swelling, and creams with it soothe rashes. Long use can cause side effects, so dosage is watched.
How CORTISONE is used
Common in medicine, often about injections and skin creams.
- The doctor gave him a cortisone injection in the knee.
- A cortisone cream calmed the rash.
- Cortisone is produced naturally by the body.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CORTISONE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of CORTISONE
The 9 tiles of CORTISONE in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with CORTISONE
1 longer words begin with CORTISONE.
Shorter words from the letters in CORTISONE
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Common questions about CORTISONE
- Is CORTISONE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CORTISONE, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CORTISONE worth?
- CORTISONE is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CORTISONE mean?
- A steroid hormone made by the adrenal glands, also produced synthetically to reduce inflammation.
- What letters can be added to CORTISONE?
- CORTISONE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of CORTISONE:
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