PHENACAINE is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. PHENACAINE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 20 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PHENACAINE?
| 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 PHENACAINE 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 PHENACAINE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
phenacainesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PHENACAINE scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in PHENACAINE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so PHENACAINE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does PHENACAINE mean in Scrabble?
noun
medicalchemistry
A numbing drug used mainly as drops to deaden pain in the eye.
Phenacaine was once a standard choice for eye examinations and minor eye procedures. It acts by blocking nerve signals in the surface tissue. Newer anaesthetics have largely replaced it.
How PHENACAINE is used
Pharmacological term; seen in older medical texts.
- The doctor put a drop of phenacaine in the patient's eye.
- Phenacaine numbs the surface of the cornea within seconds.
- The old manual recommended phenacaine for removing foreign bodies.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PHENACAINE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PHENACAINE
1 longer words begin with PHENACAINE.
Shorter words from the letters in PHENACAINE
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Common questions about PHENACAINE
- Is PHENACAINE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PHENACAINE, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PHENACAINE worth?
- PHENACAINE is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PHENACAINE mean?
- A numbing drug used mainly as drops to deaden pain in the eye.
- What letters can be added to PHENACAINE?
- PHENACAINE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of PHENACAINE:
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