NEOCORTICAL is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. NEOCORTICAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept NEOCORTICAL?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
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| 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: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful NEOCORTICAL is to know. It scores 15 from 11 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for NEOCORTICAL
No single letter turns NEOCORTICAL into another word.
How NEOCORTICAL scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in NEOCORTICAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| c | 2 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so NEOCORTICAL has to be built on the board across turns.
What does NEOCORTICAL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
medicaltechnical
Relating to the neocortex, the newest outer layer of the mammalian brain.
Neocortical activity underlies higher functions such as language, planning and conscious perception. Neuroscientists use the word when they examine how the outer brain handles sight, hearing and thought.
How NEOCORTICAL is used
Used in neuroscience and psychology about the outer layer of the brain.
- The study mapped neocortical activity during speech.
- Damage to neocortical areas can affect memory.
- Humans have unusually large neocortical regions.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of NEOCORTICAL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
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Common questions about NEOCORTICAL
- Is NEOCORTICAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts NEOCORTICAL, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is NEOCORTICAL worth?
- NEOCORTICAL is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does NEOCORTICAL mean?
- Relating to the neocortex, the newest outer layer of the mammalian brain.
- What letters can be added to NEOCORTICAL?
- No single letter can be added to NEOCORTICAL to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of NEOCORTICAL:
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