CYCLOSPORIN is a valid Scrabble word — 20 points
Yes. CYCLOSPORIN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 20 points in Scrabble and 24 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CYCLOSPORIN?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CYCLOSPORIN is to know. It scores 20 from 11 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 4.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CYCLOSPORIN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CYCLOSPORIN scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in CYCLOSPORIN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 2 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CYCLOSPORIN has to be built on the board across turns.
What does CYCLOSPORIN mean in Scrabble?
noun
medical
A drug that damps down the immune system, used to stop the body rejecting transplanted organs.
Cyclosporin was a breakthrough for transplant surgery because it made donor organs far more likely to survive. It is extracted from a soil fungus, and patients who take it must be watched for infections.
How CYCLOSPORIN is used
A pharmacology term, found in medical texts and patient information.
- After the kidney transplant she took cyclosporin every morning.
- Cyclosporin is also prescribed for some severe skin and joint conditions.
- Doctors monitor blood levels of cyclosporin to avoid side effects.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CYCLOSPORIN and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CYCLOSPORIN
3 longer words begin with CYCLOSPORIN.
Shorter words from the letters in CYCLOSPORIN
Showing 40 of 472. See all in the Word Finder
Common questions about CYCLOSPORIN
- Is CYCLOSPORIN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CYCLOSPORIN, where it scores 24 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CYCLOSPORIN worth?
- CYCLOSPORIN is worth 20 points in Scrabble and 24 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CYCLOSPORIN mean?
- A drug that damps down the immune system, used to stop the body rejecting transplanted organs.
- What letters can be added to CYCLOSPORIN?
- CYCLOSPORIN takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of CYCLOSPORIN:
Open CYCLOSPORIN in the Word Finder