MILLICURIE is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. MILLICURIE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MILLICURIE?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MILLICURIE is to know. It scores 14 from 10 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MILLICURIE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
millicuriesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How MILLICURIE scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in MILLICURIE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| i | 3 | 9 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so MILLICURIE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does MILLICURIE mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A unit of radioactivity equal to one thousandth of a curie.
A millicurie was a convenient size for medical tracers and lab sources, which are far weaker than the curie itself. Modern work mostly prefers the becquerel, but the millicurie still turns up in older papers.
How MILLICURIE is used
Used in physics and nuclear medicine, abbreviated mCi.
- The patient received a dose of ten millicuries.
- A single millicurie source was kept in a lead case.
- The label listed the activity as one millicurie.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MILLICURIE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with MILLICURIE
1 longer words begin with MILLICURIE.
Shorter words from the letters in MILLICURIE
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Common questions about MILLICURIE
- Is MILLICURIE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MILLICURIE, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MILLICURIE worth?
- MILLICURIE is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MILLICURIE mean?
- A unit of radioactivity equal to one thousandth of a curie.
- What letters can be added to MILLICURIE?
- MILLICURIE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of MILLICURIE:
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