OLECRANON is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. OLECRANON is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept OLECRANON?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful OLECRANON is to know. It scores 11 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for OLECRANON
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
olecranonsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How OLECRANON scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in OLECRANON, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 2 | 8 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so OLECRANON has to be built on the board across turns.
What does OLECRANON mean in Scrabble?
noun
medical
The bony point at the top of the forearm bone that forms the tip of the elbow.
You can feel the olecranon as the hard bump at the back of your bent elbow. It slots into a groove of the upper arm bone and stops the arm from bending backwards, and it can break in a hard fall.
How OLECRANON is used
An anatomy and medical term, common in descriptions of elbow injuries.
- He fell on the ice and fractured his olecranon.
- The surgeon fixed the olecranon with a small metal plate.
- Rest your arm on the table and feel the olecranon at the tip of your elbow.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OLECRANON and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with OLECRANON
1 longer words begin with OLECRANON.
Shorter words from the letters in OLECRANON
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Common questions about OLECRANON
- Is OLECRANON valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts OLECRANON, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is OLECRANON worth?
- OLECRANON is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OLECRANON mean?
- The bony point at the top of the forearm bone that forms the tip of the elbow.
- What letters can be added to OLECRANON?
- OLECRANON takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of OLECRANON:
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