NALORPHINE is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. NALORPHINE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept NALORPHINE?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful NALORPHINE is to know. It scores 15 from 10 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for NALORPHINE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
nalorphinesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How NALORPHINE scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in NALORPHINE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| n | 2 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so NALORPHINE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does NALORPHINE mean in Scrabble?
noun
medical
A synthetic drug that counters the effects of morphine and similar narcotics.
Nalorphine was once given to reverse opioid overdose and to test for narcotic dependence. Newer drugs such as naloxone have largely replaced it, so nalorphine now appears mainly in older medical texts.
How NALORPHINE is used
A pharmacology term found in medical history and older clinical writing.
- Doctors once injected nalorphine to reverse a morphine overdose.
- The textbook describes nalorphine as a mixed antagonist.
- Nalorphine has largely been replaced by safer drugs.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of NALORPHINE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with NALORPHINE
1 longer words begin with NALORPHINE.
Shorter words from the letters in NALORPHINE
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Common questions about NALORPHINE
- Is NALORPHINE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts NALORPHINE, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is NALORPHINE worth?
- NALORPHINE is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does NALORPHINE mean?
- A synthetic drug that counters the effects of morphine and similar narcotics.
- What letters can be added to NALORPHINE?
- NALORPHINE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of NALORPHINE:
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