NONSELF is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. NONSELF 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 NONSELF?
| 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: 48 / 100
Our own measure of how useful NONSELF is to know. It scores 10 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for NONSELF
No single letter turns NONSELF into another word.
How NONSELF scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in NONSELF, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| n | 2 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| f | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 347,386.
What does NONSELF mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
In immunology, foreign material in the body that the immune system treats as an invader.
The immune system learns to tell self from nonself, attacking germs while leaving the body's own cells alone. When this sorting fails, diseases such as allergies and autoimmune illness may follow. More broadly, nonself can mean anything that is not part of one's own identity.
How NONSELF is used
Nonself is mainly an immunology term.
- The body attacks any nonself protein it detects.
- Transplanted tissue is recognised as nonself.
- Vaccines teach the system to spot nonself invaders.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of NONSELF and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in NONSELF
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Common questions about NONSELF
- Is NONSELF valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts NONSELF, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is NONSELF worth?
- NONSELF is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does NONSELF mean?
- In immunology, foreign material in the body that the immune system treats as an invader.
- What letters can be added to NONSELF?
- No single letter can be added to NONSELF to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of NONSELF:
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