ILEAL is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. ILEAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ILEAL?
| 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: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ILEAL is to know. It scores 5 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 7.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ILEAL
No single letter turns ILEAL into another word.
How ILEAL scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in ILEAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 12,909.
What does ILEAL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
medical
Relating to or affecting the ileum, the final section of the small intestine.
Doctors and anatomists reach for ileal when a finding, a disease or a surgical structure sits specifically in that coiled lower stretch of bowel, rather than higher up near the stomach. Crohn's disease, for instance, is called ileal when it strikes that particular stretch, marking the location of the damage rather than its cause. Surgeons also speak of an ileal pouch, a reservoir built from that same tissue after part of the bowel is removed. The word appears mainly in clinical writing rather than in everyday conversation.
How ILEAL is used
Technical medical term, used in clinical and anatomical writing about the small intestine rather than in everyday speech.
- The scan revealed ileal inflammation consistent with Crohn's disease.
- Surgeons created an ileal pouch after removing the damaged section of bowel.
- Ileal tissue absorbs vitamin B12 before waste moves into the large intestine.
- The report described an ileal obstruction requiring urgent surgery.
- Researchers studied how bacteria settle along the ileal wall.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ILEAL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in ILEAL
Common questions about ILEAL
- Is ILEAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ILEAL, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ILEAL worth?
- ILEAL is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ILEAL mean?
- Relating to or affecting the ileum, the final section of the small intestine.
- What letters can be added to ILEAL?
- No single letter can be added to ILEAL to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of ILEAL:
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