FIBERSCOPE is a valid Scrabble word — 19 points
Yes. FIBERSCOPE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 19 points in Scrabble and 22 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FIBERSCOPE?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FIBERSCOPE is to know. It scores 19 from 10 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FIBERSCOPE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
fiberscopesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How FIBERSCOPE scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in FIBERSCOPE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so FIBERSCOPE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does FIBERSCOPE mean in Scrabble?
noun
medical
A flexible instrument with bundled glass fibres that lets a doctor see inside the body.
Light travels along the thin strands of a fiberscope, so the tube can bend around corners that a rigid device could never pass. Engineers also use one to inspect the inside of engines and pipes.
How FIBERSCOPE is used
Technical term from medicine and engineering; fibrescope is the British spelling.
- The doctor guided a fiberscope down the patient's throat.
- A fiberscope revealed the crack deep inside the turbine.
- Surgeons now rely on a slim fiberscope instead of open surgery.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FIBERSCOPE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of FIBERSCOPE
The 10 tiles of FIBERSCOPE in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with FIBERSCOPE
1 longer words begin with FIBERSCOPE.
Shorter words from the letters in FIBERSCOPE
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Common questions about FIBERSCOPE
- Is FIBERSCOPE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FIBERSCOPE, where it scores 22 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FIBERSCOPE worth?
- FIBERSCOPE is worth 19 points in Scrabble and 22 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FIBERSCOPE mean?
- A flexible instrument with bundled glass fibres that lets a doctor see inside the body.
- What letters can be added to FIBERSCOPE?
- FIBERSCOPE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of FIBERSCOPE:
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