ERECTILE is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. ERECTILE 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 ERECTILE?
| 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: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ERECTILE is to know. It scores 10 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 7.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ERECTILE
No single letter turns ERECTILE into another word.
How ERECTILE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in ERECTILE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 3 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ERECTILE has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about ERECTILE
- ERECTILE begins and ends with the same letter.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does ERECTILE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
medical
Able to become rigid and upright, especially of body tissue that fills with blood.
Erectile is chiefly an anatomical term for tissue capable of swelling and stiffening. In medical contexts it is best known from "erectile dysfunction", though the word also covers crests and similar structures in animals.
How ERECTILE is used
Used in anatomy and medicine for tissue that can stiffen when engorged.
- Erectile tissue can swell as blood flows in.
- The bird raised an erectile crest when alarmed.
- The doctor explained the structure of erectile tissue.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ERECTILE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in ERECTILE
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Common questions about ERECTILE
- Is ERECTILE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ERECTILE, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ERECTILE worth?
- ERECTILE is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ERECTILE mean?
- Able to become rigid and upright, especially of body tissue that fills with blood.
- What letters can be added to ERECTILE?
- No single letter can be added to ERECTILE to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of ERECTILE:
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