NOCICEPTOR is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. NOCICEPTOR is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 20 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept NOCICEPTOR?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful NOCICEPTOR is to know. It scores 16 from 10 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for NOCICEPTOR
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
nociceptorsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How NOCICEPTOR scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in NOCICEPTOR, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| n | 1 | 6 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| c | 2 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so NOCICEPTOR has to be built on the board across turns.
What does NOCICEPTOR mean in Scrabble?
noun
medical
A sensory receptor that responds to painful or harmful stimuli.
Nociceptors sit in the skin, joints and organs and fire when something threatens tissue, such as heat, pressure or chemicals. The signal they send is what the brain turns into the feeling of pain.
How NOCICEPTOR is used
Used in physiology and pain research, as in nociceptors in the skin.
- A nociceptor in the fingertip fired the moment she touched the hot pan.
- Some painkillers act by calming overactive nociceptors.
- Researchers mapped the nociceptor endings in the skin.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of NOCICEPTOR and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with NOCICEPTOR
1 longer words begin with NOCICEPTOR.
Shorter words from the letters in NOCICEPTOR
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Common questions about NOCICEPTOR
- Is NOCICEPTOR valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts NOCICEPTOR, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is NOCICEPTOR worth?
- NOCICEPTOR is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does NOCICEPTOR mean?
- A sensory receptor that responds to painful or harmful stimuli.
- What letters can be added to NOCICEPTOR?
- NOCICEPTOR takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of NOCICEPTOR:
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