DERMATOMAL is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. DERMATOMAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DERMATOMAL?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DERMATOMAL is to know. It scores 15 from 10 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DERMATOMAL
No single letter turns DERMATOMAL into another word.
How DERMATOMAL scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in DERMATOMAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| m | 2 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so DERMATOMAL has to be built on the board across turns.
What does DERMATOMAL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
medical
Relating to a dermatome, an area of skin supplied by the nerves from one spinal root.
Doctors use dermatomal patterns to trace pain or rashes back to a particular nerve, as with shingles, which often follows a dermatomal band across one side of the body. A dermatomal map of the skin is also used to find where a spinal injury lies.
How DERMATOMAL is used
Used in medicine and anatomy, mostly about nerve-linked skin areas.
- The rash followed a dermatomal pattern across his ribs.
- The surgeon mapped the dermatomal loss of feeling in the leg.
- A dermatomal distribution pointed to a pinched nerve.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DERMATOMAL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in DERMATOMAL
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Common questions about DERMATOMAL
- Is DERMATOMAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DERMATOMAL, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DERMATOMAL worth?
- DERMATOMAL is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DERMATOMAL mean?
- Relating to a dermatome, an area of skin supplied by the nerves from one spinal root.
- What letters can be added to DERMATOMAL?
- No single letter can be added to DERMATOMAL to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of DERMATOMAL:
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