ETHERISE is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. ETHERISE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ETHERISE?
| 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: 51 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ETHERISE is to know. It scores 11 from 8 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 7.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ETHERISE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ETHERISE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in ETHERISE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 3 | 12 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ETHERISE has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about ETHERISE
- ETHERISE 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 ETHERISE mean in Scrabble?
verb
Britishmedical
To make a person or animal unconscious by giving ether as an anaesthetic.
Early surgeons would etherise a patient before cutting, which in the 1840s felt like a miracle. The practice has long been replaced by safer gases, so the word now belongs mainly to history. Its American twin is spelled with a z.
How ETHERISE is used
British spelling, used in medical history for putting someone under with ether.
- Surgeons would etherise the patient before the operation began.
- The vet had to etherise the nervous animal before examining it.
- To etherise a whole ward at once was unthinkable even then.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ETHERISE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ETHERISE
The 8 tiles of ETHERISE in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with ETHERISE
4 longer words begin with ETHERISE.
Shorter words from the letters in ETHERISE
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Common questions about ETHERISE
- Is ETHERISE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ETHERISE, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ETHERISE worth?
- ETHERISE is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ETHERISE mean?
- To make a person or animal unconscious by giving ether as an anaesthetic.
- What letters can be added to ETHERISE?
- ETHERISE takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of ETHERISE:
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