EDENTULOUS is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. EDENTULOUS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept EDENTULOUS?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
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| 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: 26 / 100
Our own measure of how useful EDENTULOUS is to know. It scores 11 from 10 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for EDENTULOUS
No single letter turns EDENTULOUS into another word.
How EDENTULOUS scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in EDENTULOUS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 2 | 12 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| u | 2 | 4 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so EDENTULOUS has to be built on the board across turns.
What does EDENTULOUS mean in Scrabble?
adjective
medical
Having no teeth, or having lost all or most of them.
Dentists call a patient edentulous when natural teeth are completely gone and dentures or implants may be needed. Anteaters are edentulous by nature. The word is clinical and rarely used in everyday talk.
How EDENTULOUS is used
The adjective edentulous is used in dentistry and zoology.
- The edentulous patient was fitted with a full set of dentures.
- An anteater has an edentulous mouth and a long tongue.
- Many edentulous elderly people struggle to eat well.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of EDENTULOUS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in EDENTULOUS
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Common questions about EDENTULOUS
- Is EDENTULOUS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts EDENTULOUS, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is EDENTULOUS worth?
- EDENTULOUS is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does EDENTULOUS mean?
- Having no teeth, or having lost all or most of them.
- What letters can be added to EDENTULOUS?
- No single letter can be added to EDENTULOUS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of EDENTULOUS:
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