MICRURGY is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. MICRURGY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MICRURGY?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
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| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MICRURGY is to know. It scores 16 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MICRURGY
No single letter turns MICRURGY into another word.
How MICRURGY scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in MICRURGY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so MICRURGY has to be built on the board across turns.
What does MICRURGY mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
The handling of single cells or very tiny structures with extremely fine tools under a microscope.
In micrurgy a researcher may inject, cut or move part of a cell using needles thinner than a hair. The craft demands steady hands and strong magnification.
How MICRURGY is used
A rare technical term from cell biology; micrurgy is part of the wider field of micromanipulation.
- The biologist trained for years in micrurgy.
- Precise micrurgy allowed the team to move a single nucleus.
- Advances in micrurgy opened new routes in cell research.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MICRURGY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in MICRURGY
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Common questions about MICRURGY
- Is MICRURGY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MICRURGY, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MICRURGY worth?
- MICRURGY is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MICRURGY mean?
- The handling of single cells or very tiny structures with extremely fine tools under a microscope.
- What letters can be added to MICRURGY?
- No single letter can be added to MICRURGY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of MICRURGY:
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