OXACILLIN is a valid Scrabble word — 18 points
Yes. OXACILLIN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 18 points in Scrabble and 22 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept OXACILLIN?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful OXACILLIN is to know. It scores 18 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for OXACILLIN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
oxacillinsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How OXACILLIN scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in OXACILLIN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 1 | 8 |
| x | 1 | 1 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so OXACILLIN has to be built on the board across turns.
What does OXACILLIN mean in Scrabble?
noun
medical
A semisynthetic penicillin used to treat infections caused by bacteria resistant to ordinary penicillin.
Oxacillin resists the enzyme that destroys plain penicillin, which makes it useful against certain staphylococci. Laboratories also use oxacillin in tests to detect resistant strains such as MRSA.
How OXACILLIN is used
Used in medicine and microbiology for this antibiotic and in tests of bacterial resistance.
- The patient was given oxacillin by injection.
- Oxacillin can treat infections that penicillin cannot.
- The lab tested the sample for oxacillin resistance.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OXACILLIN and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with OXACILLIN
1 longer words begin with OXACILLIN.
Shorter words from the letters in OXACILLIN
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Common questions about OXACILLIN
- Is OXACILLIN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts OXACILLIN, where it scores 22 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is OXACILLIN worth?
- OXACILLIN is worth 18 points in Scrabble and 22 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OXACILLIN mean?
- A semisynthetic penicillin used to treat infections caused by bacteria resistant to ordinary penicillin.
- What letters can be added to OXACILLIN?
- OXACILLIN takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of OXACILLIN:
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