PAPAVERINE is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. PAPAVERINE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 21 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PAPAVERINE?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PAPAVERINE is to know. It scores 17 from 10 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PAPAVERINE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
papaverinesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PAPAVERINE scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in PAPAVERINE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 2 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so PAPAVERINE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does PAPAVERINE mean in Scrabble?
noun
medicalchemistry
A drug extracted from opium that relaxes smooth muscle, without the addictive pain relief of morphine.
Papaverine is a chemical found in the opium poppy, though it works quite differently from morphine. Doctors have used it to widen blood vessels and ease spasms. Its name comes from Papaver, the poppy genus.
How PAPAVERINE is used
Appears in pharmacology and medical texts.
- The surgeon injected papaverine to relax the artery wall.
- Papaverine is not a painkiller like morphine.
- The textbook lists papaverine among the opium alkaloids.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PAPAVERINE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PAPAVERINE
1 longer words begin with PAPAVERINE.
Shorter words from the letters in PAPAVERINE
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Common questions about PAPAVERINE
- Is PAPAVERINE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PAPAVERINE, where it scores 21 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PAPAVERINE worth?
- PAPAVERINE is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 21 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PAPAVERINE mean?
- A drug extracted from opium that relaxes smooth muscle, without the addictive pain relief of morphine.
- What letters can be added to PAPAVERINE?
- PAPAVERINE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of PAPAVERINE:
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