NOCEBO is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. NOCEBO is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept NOCEBO?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful NOCEBO is to know. It scores 10 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for NOCEBO
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
nocebosChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How NOCEBO scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in NOCEBO, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| n | 1 | 6 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 147,824.
What does NOCEBO mean in Scrabble?
noun
medical
A harmless substance or treatment that causes unpleasant effects because the patient expects it to do harm.
Nocebo is the dark twin of placebo: both depend on what the patient believes, but a nocebo makes people feel worse. The word was formed from the Latin for I shall harm, as placebo comes from the Latin for I shall please. Researchers see the nocebo effect in drug trials, where people given an inactive pill report side effects after reading a long list of possible ones.
How NOCEBO is used
Medical term used in clinical research and patient care.
- The trial group given the nocebo reported headaches.
- Doctors try to avoid creating a nocebo by careful wording.
- A nocebo can make a harmless pill seem to cause nausea.
- The study compared a placebo with a nocebo in the same patients.
- Fear of the drug acted as a nocebo on the whole ward.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of NOCEBO and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with NOCEBO
1 longer words begin with NOCEBO.
Shorter words from the letters in NOCEBO
Common questions about NOCEBO
- Is NOCEBO valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts NOCEBO, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is NOCEBO worth?
- NOCEBO is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does NOCEBO mean?
- A harmless substance or treatment that causes unpleasant effects because the patient expects it to do harm.
- What letters can be added to NOCEBO?
- NOCEBO takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of NOCEBO:
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