HIPPOCAMPAL is a valid Scrabble word — 24 points
Yes. HIPPOCAMPAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 24 points in Scrabble and 29 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HIPPOCAMPAL?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HIPPOCAMPAL is to know. It scores 24 from 11 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HIPPOCAMPAL
No single letter turns HIPPOCAMPAL into another word.
How HIPPOCAMPAL scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in HIPPOCAMPAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| p | 3 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
The Scrabble bag does not hold enough of these letters. HIPPOCAMPAL needs 1 blank tile.
What does HIPPOCAMPAL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
medical
Relating to the hippocampus, the part of the brain involved in forming memories.
Neuroscientists describe hippocampal cells, damage or volume when linking memory problems to this region. Loss of hippocampal tissue is an early sign in some illnesses such as Alzheimer's.
How HIPPOCAMPAL is used
Used in neuroscience and medicine.
- Hippocampal damage left him unable to form new memories.
- The scan showed reduced hippocampal volume.
- Researchers studied hippocampal activity in sleeping mice.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HIPPOCAMPAL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in HIPPOCAMPAL
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Common questions about HIPPOCAMPAL
- Is HIPPOCAMPAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HIPPOCAMPAL, where it scores 29 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HIPPOCAMPAL worth?
- HIPPOCAMPAL is worth 24 points in Scrabble and 29 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HIPPOCAMPAL mean?
- Relating to the hippocampus, the part of the brain involved in forming memories.
- What letters can be added to HIPPOCAMPAL?
- No single letter can be added to HIPPOCAMPAL to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of HIPPOCAMPAL:
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