MEDICOLEGAL is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. MEDICOLEGAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 22 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MEDICOLEGAL?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MEDICOLEGAL is to know. It scores 17 from 11 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MEDICOLEGAL
No single letter turns MEDICOLEGAL into another word.
How MEDICOLEGAL scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in MEDICOLEGAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so MEDICOLEGAL has to be built on the board across turns.
What does MEDICOLEGAL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technicallegalmedical
Concerning both medicine and law, especially where medical facts are used in legal matters.
Medicolegal questions arise when a doctor's records or opinions end up in court, as with injury claims or consent disputes. The adjective signals that neither a purely clinical nor a purely legal view will be enough.
How MEDICOLEGAL is used
Used in medical, forensic and legal writing about liability and evidence.
- The hospital sought medicolegal advice before releasing the patient file.
- A medicolegal report was prepared for the injury trial.
- Doctors receive training on medicolegal duties early in their careers.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MEDICOLEGAL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
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Common questions about MEDICOLEGAL
- Is MEDICOLEGAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MEDICOLEGAL, where it scores 22 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MEDICOLEGAL worth?
- MEDICOLEGAL is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 22 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MEDICOLEGAL mean?
- Concerning both medicine and law, especially where medical facts are used in legal matters.
- What letters can be added to MEDICOLEGAL?
- No single letter can be added to MEDICOLEGAL to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of MEDICOLEGAL:
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