NEURALGIC is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. NEURALGIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept NEURALGIC?
| 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: 27 / 100
Our own measure of how useful NEURALGIC is to know. It scores 12 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for NEURALGIC
No single letter turns NEURALGIC into another word.
How NEURALGIC scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in NEURALGIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so NEURALGIC has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about NEURALGIC
- All 9 letters of NEURALGIC are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does NEURALGIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
medical
Relating to or caused by sharp, shooting pain along the course of a nerve.
A neuralgic pain is typically sudden and stabbing, often felt in the face or head, and it can return in bursts. Doctors use neuralgic to separate such nerve pain from the dull ache of a strained muscle.
How NEURALGIC is used
A medical term attached to nouns like pain, headache or attack.
- He suffered a neuralgic pain in the side of his face.
- The neuralgic headache woke her before dawn.
- Cold wind often triggers a neuralgic attack in sensitive patients.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of NEURALGIC and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of NEURALGIC
The 9 tiles of NEURALGIC in a different order — 1 found.
Shorter words from the letters in NEURALGIC
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Common questions about NEURALGIC
- Is NEURALGIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts NEURALGIC, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is NEURALGIC worth?
- NEURALGIC is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does NEURALGIC mean?
- Relating to or caused by sharp, shooting pain along the course of a nerve.
- What letters can be added to NEURALGIC?
- No single letter can be added to NEURALGIC to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of NEURALGIC:
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