ECRASEUR is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. ECRASEUR is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ECRASEUR?
| 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: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ECRASEUR is to know. It scores 10 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ECRASEUR
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
ecraseursChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ECRASEUR scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in ECRASEUR, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 2 | 12 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ECRASEUR has to be built on the board across turns.
What does ECRASEUR mean in Scrabble?
noun
medicalhistorical
A surgical instrument with a wire or chain loop that is tightened slowly to cut through tissue by crushing.
The ecraseur was designed so that tissue could be removed with little bleeding, because the slow squeeze seals vessels as it cuts. Borrowed from French, the word is now mostly of historical interest in surgery.
How ECRASEUR is used
Used in medical history for a loop-and-chain cutting tool, rarely in modern practice.
- The surgeon fitted the ecraseur around the growth and tightened it gradually.
- An ecraseur is displayed in the museum of old surgical tools.
- Nineteenth-century manuals praised the ecraseur for causing little blood loss.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ECRASEUR and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ECRASEUR
1 longer words begin with ECRASEUR.
Shorter words from the letters in ECRASEUR
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Common questions about ECRASEUR
- Is ECRASEUR valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ECRASEUR, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ECRASEUR worth?
- ECRASEUR is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ECRASEUR mean?
- A surgical instrument with a wire or chain loop that is tightened slowly to cut through tissue by crushing.
- What letters can be added to ECRASEUR?
- ECRASEUR takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of ECRASEUR:
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