DICOUMAROL is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. DICOUMAROL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DICOUMAROL?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DICOUMAROL is to know. It scores 15 from 10 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DICOUMAROL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
dicoumarolsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DICOUMAROL scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in DICOUMAROL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so DICOUMAROL has to be built on the board across turns.
What does DICOUMAROL mean in Scrabble?
noun
medical
A chemical found in spoiled sweet clover that stops blood from clotting, once used as a medicine.
Cattle that ate mouldy clover hay bled badly, and that led scientists to isolate dicoumarol. It was an early anticoagulant and inspired the later drug warfarin, which has largely replaced it.
How DICOUMAROL is used
Used in pharmacology and the history of medicine.
- Dicoumarol was first traced in spoiled clover hay.
- Patients were once treated with dicoumarol to prevent clots.
- Warfarin grew out of research on dicoumarol.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DICOUMAROL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with DICOUMAROL
1 longer words begin with DICOUMAROL.
Shorter words from the letters in DICOUMAROL
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Common questions about DICOUMAROL
- Is DICOUMAROL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DICOUMAROL, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DICOUMAROL worth?
- DICOUMAROL is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DICOUMAROL mean?
- A chemical found in spoiled sweet clover that stops blood from clotting, once used as a medicine.
- What letters can be added to DICOUMAROL?
- DICOUMAROL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of DICOUMAROL:
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