LIGATION is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. LIGATION is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept LIGATION?
| 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: 40 / 100
Our own measure of how useful LIGATION is to know. It scores 9 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for LIGATION
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
ligationsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How LIGATION scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in LIGATION, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so LIGATION has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about LIGATION
- The same 8 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does LIGATION mean in Scrabble?
noun
medical
The act of binding or tying something, especially tying a blood vessel or duct with a ligature.
Ligation is most familiar in surgery, where tying off a vessel stops blood flow. In molecular biology the word has a different sense: the joining of two DNA strands. Both uses involve connecting or closing something by a bond.
How LIGATION is used
Ligation is a technical word in medicine and genetics.
- Ligation of the artery stopped the bleeding.
- The lab used ligation to join the two DNA fragments.
- She learned the steps of ligation during her surgical training.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of LIGATION and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of LIGATION
The 8 tiles of LIGATION in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with LIGATION
1 longer words begin with LIGATION.
Shorter words from the letters in LIGATION
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Common questions about LIGATION
- Is LIGATION valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts LIGATION, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is LIGATION worth?
- LIGATION is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does LIGATION mean?
- The act of binding or tying something, especially tying a blood vessel or duct with a ligature.
- What letters can be added to LIGATION?
- LIGATION takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of LIGATION:
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