EVISCERATION is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. EVISCERATION is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 20 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept EVISCERATION?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful EVISCERATION is to know. It scores 17 from 12 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for EVISCERATION
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
eviscerationsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How EVISCERATION scores
Face value of the 12 tiles in EVISCERATION, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 2 | 12 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so EVISCERATION has to be built on the board across turns.
What does EVISCERATION mean in Scrabble?
noun
The removal of the internal organs of a body, or the stripping of something of its essential substance.
Evisceration is literal in surgery and butchery, where the insides of a body are taken out. Commentators also use it for gutting a law or an argument until little remains. The figurative evisceration leaves the outward shape intact but empties the content.
How EVISCERATION is used
Both a medical or culinary term and a forceful metaphor.
- The surgeon described the risk of evisceration after the wound opened.
- Fish evisceration takes only seconds for a skilled worker.
- Critics called the amendment an evisceration of the bill.
- The review was a total evisceration of the director's film.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of EVISCERATION and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with EVISCERATION
1 longer words begin with EVISCERATION.
Shorter words from the letters in EVISCERATION
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Common questions about EVISCERATION
- Is EVISCERATION valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts EVISCERATION, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is EVISCERATION worth?
- EVISCERATION is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does EVISCERATION mean?
- The removal of the internal organs of a body, or the stripping of something of its essential substance.
- What letters can be added to EVISCERATION?
- EVISCERATION takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 12 letters of EVISCERATION:
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