MESTRANOL is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. MESTRANOL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MESTRANOL?
| 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 MESTRANOL is to know. It scores 11 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MESTRANOL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
mestranolsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How MESTRANOL scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in MESTRANOL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so MESTRANOL has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about MESTRANOL
- All 9 letters of MESTRANOL are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does MESTRANOL mean in Scrabble?
noun
medicalchemistry
A synthetic oestrogen used with a progestin in oral contraceptives.
Mestranol is converted by the body into the active hormone ethinylestradiol. It featured in early birth-control pills and has largely been replaced in modern formulas.
How MESTRANOL is used
Mestranol is a pharmacology term.
- Early pills contained mestranol as the oestrogen component.
- The label listed mestranol among the ingredients.
- Mestranol is changed in the liver into an active form.
- A pharmacist explained how mestranol differs from newer drugs.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MESTRANOL and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of MESTRANOL
The 9 tiles of MESTRANOL in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with MESTRANOL
1 longer words begin with MESTRANOL.
Shorter words from the letters in MESTRANOL
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Common questions about MESTRANOL
- Is MESTRANOL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MESTRANOL, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MESTRANOL worth?
- MESTRANOL is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MESTRANOL mean?
- A synthetic oestrogen used with a progestin in oral contraceptives.
- What letters can be added to MESTRANOL?
- MESTRANOL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of MESTRANOL:
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