NEUROSIS is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. NEUROSIS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept NEUROSIS?
| 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 NEUROSIS is to know. It scores 8 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for NEUROSIS
No single letter turns NEUROSIS into another word.
How NEUROSIS scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in NEUROSIS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so NEUROSIS has to be built on the board across turns.
What does NEUROSIS mean in Scrabble?
noun
A relatively mild mental disorder marked by anxiety, obsession or distress, without a complete loss of contact with reality.
Neurosis was a central idea in early psychology and psychoanalysis, though modern diagnosis has largely replaced it with more specific terms. In casual speech it now means an excessive or irrational worry, as in a neurosis about germs.
How NEUROSIS is used
Neurosis is used historically in psychology and loosely in everyday talk for an irrational fear or obsession.
- Freud wrote at length about neurosis.
- Her neurosis about locked doors made her check them twice.
- The novel portrays the neurosis of a lonely clerk.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of NEUROSIS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of NEUROSIS
The 8 tiles of NEUROSIS in a different order — 1 found.
Shorter words from the letters in NEUROSIS
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Common questions about NEUROSIS
- Is NEUROSIS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts NEUROSIS, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is NEUROSIS worth?
- NEUROSIS is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does NEUROSIS mean?
- A relatively mild mental disorder marked by anxiety, obsession or distress, without a complete loss of contact with reality.
- What letters can be added to NEUROSIS?
- No single letter can be added to NEUROSIS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of NEUROSIS:
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