NOVOCAINE is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. NOVOCAINE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept NOVOCAINE?
| 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 NOVOCAINE is to know. It scores 14 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for NOVOCAINE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
novocainesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How NOVOCAINE scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in NOVOCAINE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| n | 2 | 6 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so NOVOCAINE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does NOVOCAINE mean in Scrabble?
noun
trademark
A brand name for procaine, a drug injected to numb part of the body during dental or minor surgery.
Many people know novocaine from the dentist's chair, where it deadens a tooth and the surrounding gum. The name has become a general byword for local numbing, even though newer drugs have largely replaced it.
How NOVOCAINE is used
Often used loosely in everyday speech for any dental anaesthetic, whatever its real brand.
- The dentist gave her novocaine before drilling the cavity.
- His lip stayed numb for hours after the novocaine.
- Novocaine was once the standard local anaesthetic in dental surgeries.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of NOVOCAINE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with NOVOCAINE
1 longer words begin with NOVOCAINE.
Shorter words from the letters in NOVOCAINE
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Common questions about NOVOCAINE
- Is NOVOCAINE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts NOVOCAINE, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is NOVOCAINE worth?
- NOVOCAINE is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does NOVOCAINE mean?
- A brand name for procaine, a drug injected to numb part of the body during dental or minor surgery.
- What letters can be added to NOVOCAINE?
- NOVOCAINE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of NOVOCAINE:
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