PORTA is valid in Collins, not in North America — 7 points
It depends on the list you play by. PORTA is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 7 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept PORTA?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PORTA is to know. It scores 7 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PORTA
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PORTA scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in PORTA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 14,523.
What does PORTA mean in Scrabble?
noun
medicaltechnical
A gatelike opening in an organ, especially the transverse fissure where vessels and nerves enter the liver.
Anatomists use porta to name the specific spot on the liver, known fully as the porta hepatis, where the portal vein, hepatic artery, and bile ducts all pass through together. The same word can describe similar gatelike openings in other organs, always marking where vessels or nerves enter a structure.
How PORTA is used
Used in anatomical and medical description.
- The surgeon located the porta before clamping the vessels.
- The textbook diagram labelled the porta of the liver in detail.
- Blood vessels converge at the porta before entering the organ.
- The scan showed no obstruction near the porta.
- Students memorized the structures passing through the porta hepatis.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PORTA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of PORTA
The 5 tiles of PORTA in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with PORTA
Showing 24 of 32 words that begin with PORTA.
Words with PORTA inside
Showing 24 of 69 words that contain PORTA somewhere in the middle. Words that start with PORTA are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in PORTA
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Common questions about PORTA
- Is PORTA valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and PORTA is not in it.
- How many points is PORTA worth?
- PORTA is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PORTA mean?
- A gatelike opening in an organ, especially the transverse fissure where vessels and nerves enter the liver.
- What letters can be added to PORTA?
- PORTA takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of PORTA:
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