NONSECRETOR is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. NONSECRETOR is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept NONSECRETOR?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful NONSECRETOR is to know. It scores 13 from 11 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for NONSECRETOR
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How NONSECRETOR scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in NONSECRETOR, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| n | 2 | 6 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so NONSECRETOR has to be built on the board across turns.
What does NONSECRETOR mean in Scrabble?
noun
medical
A person whose blood-group antigens are absent from saliva and other body fluids, although present on the red blood cells.
About one in five people is a nonsecretor, a trait inherited through a particular gene. It matters in forensic work, since a nonsecretor's blood type cannot be found from a saliva sample.
How NONSECRETOR is used
Used in genetics, blood typing and forensic science.
- Tests of her saliva showed she was a nonsecretor.
- A nonsecretor leaves no blood-group trace in sweat or saliva.
- The lab noted that the suspect might be a nonsecretor.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of NONSECRETOR and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of NONSECRETOR
The 11 tiles of NONSECRETOR in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with NONSECRETOR
3 longer words begin with NONSECRETOR.
Shorter words from the letters in NONSECRETOR
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Common questions about NONSECRETOR
- Is NONSECRETOR valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts NONSECRETOR, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is NONSECRETOR worth?
- NONSECRETOR is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does NONSECRETOR mean?
- A person whose blood-group antigens are absent from saliva and other body fluids, although present on the red blood cells.
- What letters can be added to NONSECRETOR?
- NONSECRETOR takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of NONSECRETOR:
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