FLUOROSCOPE is a valid Scrabble word — 18 points
Yes. FLUOROSCOPE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 18 points in Scrabble and 22 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FLUOROSCOPE?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FLUOROSCOPE is to know. It scores 18 from 11 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FLUOROSCOPE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How FLUOROSCOPE scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in FLUOROSCOPE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| o | 3 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so FLUOROSCOPE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does FLUOROSCOPE mean in Scrabble?
noun
medicaltechnical
An X-ray device with a fluorescent screen that shows moving images of the inside of the body in real time.
Doctors use a fluoroscope to watch a swallowed contrast liquid travel through the body or to guide a catheter. Unlike an ordinary X-ray, it shows live motion instead of a still picture.
How FLUOROSCOPE is used
Medical and industrial term, as in examined under the fluoroscope.
- The radiologist watched the barium move through his throat on the fluoroscope.
- A fluoroscope guided the thin tube into the artery.
- Older shoe shops once had a fluoroscope for viewing the bones of the foot.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FLUOROSCOPE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with FLUOROSCOPE
2 longer words begin with FLUOROSCOPE.
Shorter words from the letters in FLUOROSCOPE
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Common questions about FLUOROSCOPE
- Is FLUOROSCOPE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FLUOROSCOPE, where it scores 22 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FLUOROSCOPE worth?
- FLUOROSCOPE is worth 18 points in Scrabble and 22 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FLUOROSCOPE mean?
- An X-ray device with a fluorescent screen that shows moving images of the inside of the body in real time.
- What letters can be added to FLUOROSCOPE?
- FLUOROSCOPE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of FLUOROSCOPE:
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