HEMOPTYSIS is a valid Scrabble word — 20 points
Yes. HEMOPTYSIS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 20 points in Scrabble and 20 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HEMOPTYSIS?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
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| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HEMOPTYSIS is to know. It scores 20 from 10 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HEMOPTYSIS
No single letter turns HEMOPTYSIS into another word.
How HEMOPTYSIS scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in HEMOPTYSIS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so HEMOPTYSIS has to be built on the board across turns.
What does HEMOPTYSIS mean in Scrabble?
noun
medical
The coughing up of blood from the lungs or airways.
Hemoptysis is a symptom, not a disease, and doctors treat it as a reason to look for infection or other lung trouble. The blood is typically bright red and frothy.
How HEMOPTYSIS is used
A clinical term used in medical records and textbooks.
- The patient was admitted with hemoptysis.
- Persistent hemoptysis calls for a chest scan.
- Tuberculosis was once a common cause of hemoptysis.
- Hemoptysis frightened him enough to see a doctor.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HEMOPTYSIS and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in HEMOPTYSIS
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Common questions about HEMOPTYSIS
- Is HEMOPTYSIS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HEMOPTYSIS, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HEMOPTYSIS worth?
- HEMOPTYSIS is worth 20 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HEMOPTYSIS mean?
- The coughing up of blood from the lungs or airways.
- What letters can be added to HEMOPTYSIS?
- No single letter can be added to HEMOPTYSIS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of HEMOPTYSIS:
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