LOBOTOMIZE is a valid Scrabble word — 23 points
Yes. LOBOTOMIZE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 23 points in Scrabble and 26 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept LOBOTOMIZE?
| 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: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful LOBOTOMIZE is to know. It scores 23 from 10 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for LOBOTOMIZE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How LOBOTOMIZE scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in LOBOTOMIZE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| l | 1 | 4 |
| o | 3 | 8 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| z | 1 | 1 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so LOBOTOMIZE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does LOBOTOMIZE mean in Scrabble?
verb
medical
To perform a lobotomy on someone, or to make a person or thing dull and unable to function well.
In its medical sense, to lobotomize a patient is to cut nerve links in the brain, a procedure now largely abandoned. People also use the verb figuratively when they say that endless noise or bureaucracy can lobotomize a mind.
How LOBOTOMIZE is used
The verb lobotomize is literal in medical history and figurative when describing dulling influences.
- Surgeons in the 1940s would lobotomize patients with severe illness.
- Critics say that mindless television can lobotomize viewers.
- The new rules seemed designed to lobotomize the whole department.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of LOBOTOMIZE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with LOBOTOMIZE
2 longer words begin with LOBOTOMIZE.
Shorter words from the letters in LOBOTOMIZE
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Common questions about LOBOTOMIZE
- Is LOBOTOMIZE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts LOBOTOMIZE, where it scores 26 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is LOBOTOMIZE worth?
- LOBOTOMIZE is worth 23 points in Scrabble and 26 points in Words with Friends.
- What does LOBOTOMIZE mean?
- To perform a lobotomy on someone, or to make a person or thing dull and unable to function well.
- What letters can be added to LOBOTOMIZE?
- LOBOTOMIZE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of LOBOTOMIZE:
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