MEATUS is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. MEATUS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MEATUS?
| 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: 27 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MEATUS is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MEATUS
No single letter turns MEATUS into another word.
How MEATUS scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in MEATUS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 57,487.
What does MEATUS mean in Scrabble?
noun
medical
A natural passage or opening in the body, especially one leading to an internal canal such as the ear or urinary tract.
A meatus is the mouth of a channel rather than the channel's full length, so the external auditory meatus is simply the opening of the ear canal, and the urinary meatus is the exit point of the urethra. Anatomists use the term whenever a passage needs to be named precisely, since the same body can have several distinct meatuses serving different systems. The word comes from Latin for a passage or channel, and it appears throughout anatomy texts describing the ear, nose, and urinary and reproductive systems.
How MEATUS is used
A precise anatomical term, used in medicine to name the opening of a passage such as the ear canal or urethra.
- The doctor examined the external auditory meatus with an otoscope.
- Swelling near the urinary meatus made the exam uncomfortable.
- Each nasal meatus drains a different set of sinuses.
- The narrow meatus made it hard to pass the catheter.
- Anatomy students learned to locate the internal auditory meatus on the skull.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MEATUS and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of MEATUS
The 6 tiles of MEATUS in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with MEATUS
1 longer words begin with MEATUS.
Shorter words from the letters in MEATUS
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Common questions about MEATUS
- Is MEATUS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MEATUS, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MEATUS worth?
- MEATUS is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MEATUS mean?
- A natural passage or opening in the body, especially one leading to an internal canal such as the ear or urinary tract.
- What letters can be added to MEATUS?
- No single letter can be added to MEATUS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of MEATUS:
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