NECROSIS is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. NECROSIS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept NECROSIS?
| 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 NECROSIS is to know. It scores 10 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for NECROSIS
No single letter turns NECROSIS into another word.
How NECROSIS scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in NECROSIS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so NECROSIS has to be built on the board across turns.
What does NECROSIS mean in Scrabble?
noun
medical
The death of cells or tissue in part of a living body or plant, caused by disease, injury or loss of blood supply.
Necrosis is what doctors look for when a limb turns dark and loses feeling after its blood flow is cut off. Gardeners also see it as brown dead patches on leaves. Unlike normal cell turnover, it signals damage.
How NECROSIS is used
A medical and biological term for localised tissue death.
- Necrosis set in after the frostbite damaged his toes.
- The surgeon removed the area of necrosis around the wound.
- Brown necrosis spread across the edges of the leaves.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of NECROSIS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of NECROSIS
The 8 tiles of NECROSIS in a different order — 1 found.
Shorter words from the letters in NECROSIS
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Common questions about NECROSIS
- Is NECROSIS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts NECROSIS, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is NECROSIS worth?
- NECROSIS is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does NECROSIS mean?
- The death of cells or tissue in part of a living body or plant, caused by disease, injury or loss of blood supply.
- What letters can be added to NECROSIS?
- No single letter can be added to NECROSIS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of NECROSIS:
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