MELANOBLAST is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. MELANOBLAST is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 20 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MELANOBLAST?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MELANOBLAST is to know. It scores 15 from 11 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MELANOBLAST
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
melanoblastsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How MELANOBLAST scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in MELANOBLAST, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so MELANOBLAST has to be built on the board across turns.
What does MELANOBLAST mean in Scrabble?
noun
technicalmedical
An immature cell that develops into a melanocyte, the cell that produces skin pigment.
A melanoblast starts out in the neural crest of the embryo and then travels to the skin and hair follicles. Biologists study the melanoblast to understand how pigmentation patterns form.
How MELANOBLAST is used
Found in biology and dermatology texts about pigment cells.
- Each melanoblast migrates from the neural crest to the skin.
- A defect in the melanoblast can leave patches of white hair.
- The researchers tracked a single melanoblast under the microscope.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MELANOBLAST and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with MELANOBLAST
1 longer words begin with MELANOBLAST.
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Common questions about MELANOBLAST
- Is MELANOBLAST valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MELANOBLAST, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MELANOBLAST worth?
- MELANOBLAST is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MELANOBLAST mean?
- An immature cell that develops into a melanocyte, the cell that produces skin pigment.
- What letters can be added to MELANOBLAST?
- MELANOBLAST takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of MELANOBLAST:
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