NOVOBIOCIN is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. NOVOBIOCIN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 22 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept NOVOBIOCIN?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful NOVOBIOCIN is to know. It scores 17 from 10 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for NOVOBIOCIN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
novobiocinsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How NOVOBIOCIN scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in NOVOBIOCIN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| n | 2 | 6 |
| o | 3 | 8 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so NOVOBIOCIN has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about NOVOBIOCIN
- NOVOBIOCIN begins and ends with the same letter.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does NOVOBIOCIN mean in Scrabble?
noun
medical
An antibiotic obtained from soil bacteria and used against infections caused by certain resistant bacteria.
Novobiocin was developed from a Streptomyces organism and was once given for staphylococcal and urinary tract infections. Safer drugs have since taken its place in most treatments.
How NOVOBIOCIN is used
A pharmacological term, now mostly of historical interest.
- The patient was treated with novobiocin when other drugs failed.
- Novobiocin is produced by a soil bacterium.
- Doctors rarely prescribe novobiocin today.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of NOVOBIOCIN and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with NOVOBIOCIN
1 longer words begin with NOVOBIOCIN.
Shorter words from the letters in NOVOBIOCIN
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Common questions about NOVOBIOCIN
- Is NOVOBIOCIN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts NOVOBIOCIN, where it scores 22 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is NOVOBIOCIN worth?
- NOVOBIOCIN is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 22 points in Words with Friends.
- What does NOVOBIOCIN mean?
- An antibiotic obtained from soil bacteria and used against infections caused by certain resistant bacteria.
- What letters can be added to NOVOBIOCIN?
- NOVOBIOCIN takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of NOVOBIOCIN:
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