MYELIN is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. MYELIN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MYELIN?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MYELIN is to know. It scores 11 from 6 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MYELIN
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How MYELIN scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in MYELIN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 114,974.
What does MYELIN mean in Scrabble?
noun
medicaltechnical
A fatty white substance that wraps around nerve fibres and lets electrical signals travel quickly.
Myelin acts like the plastic coating on a wire, insulating the nerve fibre so impulses move faster and lose less strength. Brain and spinal cord tissue that is rich in it looks white, which is the origin of the term white matter. Diseases such as multiple sclerosis damage this layer and disturb movement and sensation. The name is built from the Greek word for marrow.
How MYELIN is used
Biology and medicine; most often seen in the phrase myelin sheath.
- Myelin surrounds the long fibres that carry signals to the muscles.
- Damage to myelin slows the messages between brain and limbs.
- Babies keep laying down myelin throughout early childhood.
- The scan showed a patch where the myelin had worn thin.
- Researchers are looking for ways to rebuild lost myelin.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MYELIN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with MYELIN
5 longer words begin with MYELIN.
Shorter words from the letters in MYELIN
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Common questions about MYELIN
- Is MYELIN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MYELIN, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MYELIN worth?
- MYELIN is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MYELIN mean?
- A fatty white substance that wraps around nerve fibres and lets electrical signals travel quickly.
- What letters can be added to MYELIN?
- MYELIN takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of MYELIN:
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