NEURILEMMA is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. NEURILEMMA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept NEURILEMMA?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful NEURILEMMA is to know. It scores 14 from 10 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for NEURILEMMA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How NEURILEMMA scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in NEURILEMMA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| m | 2 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so NEURILEMMA has to be built on the board across turns.
What does NEURILEMMA mean in Scrabble?
noun
technicalmedical
The thin outer membrane that wraps a nerve fibre.
Anatomy texts use neurilemma for the sheath lying around the axon of a peripheral nerve. Its presence matters in injury, because a nerve whose neurilemma survives can regrow along it. The spelling neurolemma is a less common alternative.
How NEURILEMMA is used
Found in anatomy, physiology and medical writing, rarely in everyday speech.
- The surgeon checked that the neurilemma was intact before attempting repair.
- Under the microscope, the neurilemma appeared as a delicate line around the fibre.
- Regrowth is more likely when the neurilemma is not torn.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of NEURILEMMA and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with NEURILEMMA
2 longer words begin with NEURILEMMA.
Shorter words from the letters in NEURILEMMA
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Common questions about NEURILEMMA
- Is NEURILEMMA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts NEURILEMMA, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is NEURILEMMA worth?
- NEURILEMMA is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does NEURILEMMA mean?
- The thin outer membrane that wraps a nerve fibre.
- What letters can be added to NEURILEMMA?
- NEURILEMMA takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of NEURILEMMA:
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