DICROTAL is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. DICROTAL 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 DICROTAL?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DICROTAL is to know. It scores 11 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DICROTAL
No single letter turns DICROTAL into another word.
How DICROTAL scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in DICROTAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so DICROTAL has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about DICROTAL
- All 8 letters of DICROTAL are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does DICROTAL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
medical
Having a double beat in the pulse for every beat of the heart.
Doctors may call a pulse dicrotal when a second, weaker wave follows the main one. It is a technical term rarely heard outside clinical notes and old physiology books.
How DICROTAL is used
Used in medicine to describe a doubled pulse wave.
- The nurse recorded a dicrotal pulse in the patient.
- A dicrotal wave shows as a small second bump on the trace.
- The textbook explained why a dicrotal rhythm can appear in fever.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DICROTAL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in DICROTAL
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Common questions about DICROTAL
- Is DICROTAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DICROTAL, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DICROTAL worth?
- DICROTAL is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DICROTAL mean?
- Having a double beat in the pulse for every beat of the heart.
- What letters can be added to DICROTAL?
- No single letter can be added to DICROTAL to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of DICROTAL:
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