MYELINATED is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. MYELINATED is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MYELINATED?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MYELINATED is to know. It scores 16 from 10 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MYELINATED
No single letter turns MYELINATED into another word.
How MYELINATED scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in MYELINATED, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so MYELINATED has to be built on the board across turns.
What does MYELINATED mean in Scrabble?
adjective
medical
Of a nerve fibre, wrapped in a fatty insulating sheath that speeds the passage of signals.
A myelinated fibre carries impulses far faster than a bare one, which is why damage to the sheath in diseases such as multiple sclerosis causes serious problems. The contrast is with unmyelinated fibres, which conduct more slowly.
How MYELINATED is used
Used in neuroscience and medicine, as in myelinated axons.
- Myelinated axons conduct signals much faster than unmyelinated ones.
- The white matter of the brain is rich in myelinated fibres.
- Doctors examined the myelinated nerve under a microscope.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MYELINATED and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in MYELINATED
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Common questions about MYELINATED
- Is MYELINATED valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MYELINATED, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MYELINATED worth?
- MYELINATED is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MYELINATED mean?
- Of a nerve fibre, wrapped in a fatty insulating sheath that speeds the passage of signals.
- What letters can be added to MYELINATED?
- No single letter can be added to MYELINATED to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of MYELINATED:
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