MEDICO is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. MEDICO is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MEDICO?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MEDICO is to know. It scores 11 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MEDICO
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
medicosChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How MEDICO scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in MEDICO, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 86,231.
What does MEDICO mean in Scrabble?
noun
informal
A doctor or a student of medicine.
Medico is a casual, somewhat jokey label, borrowed from Italian and Spanish, where it means simply a physician. Newspapers and schoolboys have used it for the man in a white coat or for a fellow student at medical school. It sounds friendlier and less formal than the word doctor.
How MEDICO is used
Colloquial; chiefly British and older in feel.
- The school medico examined the injured boy.
- Her brother is a medico at the city hospital.
- A young medico stepped forward to help.
- The old medico knew every family in the village.
- Two medico friends argued over the diagnosis.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MEDICO and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with MEDICO
2 longer words begin with MEDICO.
Shorter words from the letters in MEDICO
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Common questions about MEDICO
- Is MEDICO valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MEDICO, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MEDICO worth?
- MEDICO is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MEDICO mean?
- A doctor or a student of medicine.
- What letters can be added to MEDICO?
- MEDICO takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of MEDICO:
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