INTUBATE is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. INTUBATE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept INTUBATE?
| 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: 44 / 100
Our own measure of how useful INTUBATE is to know. It scores 10 from 8 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for INTUBATE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How INTUBATE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in INTUBATE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so INTUBATE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does INTUBATE mean in Scrabble?
verb
medical
To insert a tube into a patient, usually into the windpipe to help breathing.
Doctors intubate when a patient cannot breathe unaided, as during surgery or severe illness. The procedure is done carefully because the tube must pass the vocal cords.
How INTUBATE is used
Intubate is standard hospital language; the reverse step is called extubate.
- The team had to intubate the patient within minutes.
- Anaesthetists intubate before long operations.
- It is risky to intubate without proper training.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of INTUBATE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with INTUBATE
2 longer words begin with INTUBATE.
Shorter words from the letters in INTUBATE
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Common questions about INTUBATE
- Is INTUBATE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts INTUBATE, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is INTUBATE worth?
- INTUBATE is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does INTUBATE mean?
- To insert a tube into a patient, usually into the windpipe to help breathing.
- What letters can be added to INTUBATE?
- INTUBATE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of INTUBATE:
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