DYSARTHRIA is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. DYSARTHRIA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DYSARTHRIA?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DYSARTHRIA is to know. It scores 17 from 10 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DYSARTHRIA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
dysarthriasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DYSARTHRIA scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in DYSARTHRIA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so DYSARTHRIA has to be built on the board across turns.
What does DYSARTHRIA mean in Scrabble?
noun
medical
A speech disorder in which the muscles used for talking are weak or poorly controlled, making words slurred or hard to understand.
Dysarthria is caused by damage to the nerves or brain areas that control speech muscles, as after a stroke. The person knows what to say and the language itself is intact; only the physical production of sounds is impaired.
How DYSARTHRIA is used
A clinical term used by doctors and speech therapists.
- The stroke left him with mild dysarthria.
- Speech therapy can improve dysarthria in many patients.
- Slurred words may be a sign of dysarthria.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DYSARTHRIA and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with DYSARTHRIA
1 longer words begin with DYSARTHRIA.
Shorter words from the letters in DYSARTHRIA
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Common questions about DYSARTHRIA
- Is DYSARTHRIA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DYSARTHRIA, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DYSARTHRIA worth?
- DYSARTHRIA is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DYSARTHRIA mean?
- A speech disorder in which the muscles used for talking are weak or poorly controlled, making words slurred or hard to understand.
- What letters can be added to DYSARTHRIA?
- DYSARTHRIA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of DYSARTHRIA:
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