ERYTHRON is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. ERYTHRON is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ERYTHRON?
| 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: 43 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ERYTHRON is to know. It scores 14 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ERYTHRON
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
erythronsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ERYTHRON scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in ERYTHRON, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ERYTHRON has to be built on the board across turns.
What does ERYTHRON mean in Scrabble?
noun
medical
The red blood cells in the body together with the tissue in the bone marrow that makes them.
Erythron treats red cells and their parent cells as one functional organ. Physicians use it when discussing disorders that affect the production or lifespan of red blood cells.
How ERYTHRON is used
Used in haematology as a collective term for red blood cells and their precursors.
- The erythron responds to low oxygen by producing more cells.
- Anaemia can reflect a failure of the erythron.
- The lecture described the erythron as a single organ.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ERYTHRON and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ERYTHRON
3 longer words begin with ERYTHRON.
Shorter words from the letters in ERYTHRON
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Common questions about ERYTHRON
- Is ERYTHRON valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ERYTHRON, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ERYTHRON worth?
- ERYTHRON is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ERYTHRON mean?
- The red blood cells in the body together with the tissue in the bone marrow that makes them.
- What letters can be added to ERYTHRON?
- ERYTHRON takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of ERYTHRON:
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