PANACEA is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. PANACEA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PANACEA?
| 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: 57 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PANACEA is to know. It scores 11 from 7 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PANACEA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PANACEA scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in PANACEA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| a | 3 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 661,688.
What does PANACEA mean in Scrabble?
noun
A remedy that is supposed to cure every disease or solve every problem.
The word comes from the Greek for all-healing, and the goddess Panacea was a daughter of the god of medicine. People now use it mostly in warnings, as in no single policy is a panacea for poverty.
How PANACEA is used
Panacea is common in speeches, essays and health writing, often with a negative or sceptical tone.
- There is no panacea for every illness.
- The company sold the oil as a panacea for aches and worries.
- Cheap loans are not a panacea for a weak economy.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PANACEA and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PANACEA
2 longer words begin with PANACEA.
Shorter words from the letters in PANACEA
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Common questions about PANACEA
- Is PANACEA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PANACEA, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PANACEA worth?
- PANACEA is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PANACEA mean?
- A remedy that is supposed to cure every disease or solve every problem.
- What letters can be added to PANACEA?
- PANACEA takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of PANACEA:
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