EMBOLECTOMY is a valid Scrabble word — 22 points
Yes. EMBOLECTOMY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 22 points in Scrabble and 26 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept EMBOLECTOMY?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful EMBOLECTOMY is to know. It scores 22 from 11 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for EMBOLECTOMY
No single letter turns EMBOLECTOMY into another word.
How EMBOLECTOMY scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in EMBOLECTOMY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 2 | 12 |
| m | 2 | 2 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so EMBOLECTOMY has to be built on the board across turns.
What does EMBOLECTOMY mean in Scrabble?
noun
medical
A surgical operation to remove an embolus, a blockage, from a blood vessel.
A surgeon performs an embolectomy when a clot has stopped blood from reaching a limb or organ. Speed matters, because tissue starved of blood quickly begins to die.
How EMBOLECTOMY is used
Used in surgery and emergency medicine.
- The patient underwent an emergency embolectomy on his leg.
- An embolectomy restored the blood flow to the hand.
- The vascular team prepared for an urgent embolectomy.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of EMBOLECTOMY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in EMBOLECTOMY
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Common questions about EMBOLECTOMY
- Is EMBOLECTOMY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts EMBOLECTOMY, where it scores 26 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is EMBOLECTOMY worth?
- EMBOLECTOMY is worth 22 points in Scrabble and 26 points in Words with Friends.
- What does EMBOLECTOMY mean?
- A surgical operation to remove an embolus, a blockage, from a blood vessel.
- What letters can be added to EMBOLECTOMY?
- No single letter can be added to EMBOLECTOMY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of EMBOLECTOMY:
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