IPECACUANHA is a valid Scrabble word — 20 points
Yes. IPECACUANHA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 20 points in Scrabble and 24 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept IPECACUANHA?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful IPECACUANHA is to know. It scores 20 from 11 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for IPECACUANHA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
ipecacuanhasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How IPECACUANHA scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in IPECACUANHA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| i | 1 | 9 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| c | 2 | 2 |
| a | 3 | 9 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so IPECACUANHA has to be built on the board across turns.
What does IPECACUANHA mean in Scrabble?
noun
medical
A South American shrub, or the dried root of it, used in medicine to make people vomit and to loosen coughs.
Ipecacuanha is a woodland plant of Brazil whose root contains strong emetic compounds. A syrup made from it was once kept in many homes in case of accidental poisoning, though doctors now advise against that use.
How IPECACUANHA is used
A long botanical and pharmaceutical term; the shortened form ipecac is more common in speech.
- Ipecacuanha root was shipped from Brazil to European apothecaries.
- The old medicine chest held a bottle of syrup of ipecacuanha.
- Extract of ipecacuanha was once prescribed for stubborn coughs.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of IPECACUANHA and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with IPECACUANHA
1 longer words begin with IPECACUANHA.
Shorter words from the letters in IPECACUANHA
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Common questions about IPECACUANHA
- Is IPECACUANHA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts IPECACUANHA, where it scores 24 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is IPECACUANHA worth?
- IPECACUANHA is worth 20 points in Scrabble and 24 points in Words with Friends.
- What does IPECACUANHA mean?
- A South American shrub, or the dried root of it, used in medicine to make people vomit and to loosen coughs.
- What letters can be added to IPECACUANHA?
- IPECACUANHA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of IPECACUANHA:
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