EXTERN is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. EXTERN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept EXTERN?
| 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: 43 / 100
Our own measure of how useful EXTERN is to know. It scores 13 from 6 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 7.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for EXTERN
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How EXTERN scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in EXTERN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 2 | 12 |
| x | 1 | 1 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 83,618.
What does EXTERN mean in Scrabble?
noun
A person connected with an institution, such as a hospital or school, but not living in it.
Hospitals once used extern for a doctor or medical student who treated outpatients without living on the premises. Some seminaries and convents applied it to day students or to members who lived outside the walls. In recent American use an extern is a student on a short work placement in a profession. The word is the counterpart of intern, which describes a person who stays inside.
How EXTERN is used
Uncommon; mainly medical and educational, now often replaced by other terms.
- The hospital hired an extern to help in the outpatient clinic.
- As an extern, she shadowed a lawyer for two weeks.
- The old seminary admitted one extern among its boarders.
- Each extern received a list of daily duties.
- He was an extern at the clinic before becoming a resident.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of EXTERN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with EXTERN
Showing 24 of 26 words that begin with EXTERN.
Shorter words from the letters in EXTERN
Common questions about EXTERN
- Is EXTERN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts EXTERN, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is EXTERN worth?
- EXTERN is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does EXTERN mean?
- A person connected with an institution, such as a hospital or school, but not living in it.
- What letters can be added to EXTERN?
- EXTERN takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of EXTERN:
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