INPATIENT is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. INPATIENT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept INPATIENT?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful INPATIENT is to know. It scores 11 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for INPATIENT
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
inpatientsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How INPATIENT scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in INPATIENT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| i | 2 | 9 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so INPATIENT has to be built on the board across turns.
What does INPATIENT mean in Scrabble?
noun
medical
A patient who stays in a hospital overnight or longer while receiving treatment.
Hospitals count an inpatient differently from someone who visits for a clinic appointment and goes home. Beds, meals and nursing care are all part of an inpatient stay.
How INPATIENT is used
The word inpatient is used in hospital administration, insurance and medical writing, often beside outpatient.
- As an inpatient she spent six days on the surgical ward.
- The hospital has fifty beds reserved for each inpatient unit.
- Insurance covers the cost of every inpatient procedure.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of INPATIENT and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with INPATIENT
1 longer words begin with INPATIENT.
Shorter words from the letters in INPATIENT
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Common questions about INPATIENT
- Is INPATIENT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts INPATIENT, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is INPATIENT worth?
- INPATIENT is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does INPATIENT mean?
- A patient who stays in a hospital overnight or longer while receiving treatment.
- What letters can be added to INPATIENT?
- INPATIENT takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of INPATIENT:
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