MICROAMPERE is a valid Scrabble word — 19 points
Yes. MICROAMPERE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 19 points in Scrabble and 23 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MICROAMPERE?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MICROAMPERE is to know. It scores 19 from 11 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MICROAMPERE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
microamperesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How MICROAMPERE scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in MICROAMPERE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 2 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so MICROAMPERE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does MICROAMPERE mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A unit of electric current equal to one millionth of an ampere.
A microampere is a very small current, the kind that flows in sensitive circuits and medical sensors. It is written with the symbol μA. Battery-powered watches draw only a few microamperes, which is why a cell can last for years.
How MICROAMPERE is used
Microampere is used in electronics and physics when measuring tiny currents.
- The meter detected a current of one microampere.
- The sensor draws only a few microamperes in sleep mode.
- A microampere is a thousand times smaller than a milliampere.
- The leakage was less than a microampere.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MICROAMPERE and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with MICROAMPERE
1 longer words begin with MICROAMPERE.
Shorter words from the letters in MICROAMPERE
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Common questions about MICROAMPERE
- Is MICROAMPERE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MICROAMPERE, where it scores 23 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MICROAMPERE worth?
- MICROAMPERE is worth 19 points in Scrabble and 23 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MICROAMPERE mean?
- A unit of electric current equal to one millionth of an ampere.
- What letters can be added to MICROAMPERE?
- MICROAMPERE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of MICROAMPERE:
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