LOCHIAL is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. LOCHIAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept LOCHIAL?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
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| 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: 49 / 100
Our own measure of how useful LOCHIAL is to know. It scores 12 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for LOCHIAL
No single letter turns LOCHIAL into another word.
How LOCHIAL scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in LOCHIAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| l | 2 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,029 thousand.
What stands out about LOCHIAL
- LOCHIAL begins and ends with the same letter.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does LOCHIAL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
medical
Relating to the lochia, the vaginal discharge that follows childbirth.
Midwives describe lochial flow as it changes colour over the weeks after delivery, moving from red to pink and finally to pale. Any sudden change is a reason to call a doctor.
How LOCHIAL is used
The word lochial is a clinical term used in obstetrics.
- The nurse recorded the amount of lochial discharge each day.
- A lochial odour can signal infection.
- The lochial flow had nearly stopped by the sixth week.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of LOCHIAL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in LOCHIAL
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Common questions about LOCHIAL
- Is LOCHIAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts LOCHIAL, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is LOCHIAL worth?
- LOCHIAL is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does LOCHIAL mean?
- Relating to the lochia, the vaginal discharge that follows childbirth.
- What letters can be added to LOCHIAL?
- No single letter can be added to LOCHIAL to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of LOCHIAL:
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