PULMOTOR is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. PULMOTOR is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PULMOTOR?
| 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: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PULMOTOR is to know. It scores 12 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PULMOTOR
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
pulmotorsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PULMOTOR scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in PULMOTOR, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so PULMOTOR has to be built on the board across turns.
What does PULMOTOR mean in Scrabble?
noun
medicaltrademark
An apparatus that forces air or oxygen into the lungs to provide artificial breathing.
The pulmotor was an early emergency device used to revive people who had stopped breathing. Modern ventilators have taken over its work. The name combines the Latin word for lung with the idea of a motor.
How PULMOTOR is used
Pulmotor is mostly historical, from early emergency medicine.
- The rescuers brought a pulmotor to the scene.
- A pulmotor pumped oxygen into the patient's lungs.
- The museum displays an old pulmotor from a fire station.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PULMOTOR and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PULMOTOR
1 longer words begin with PULMOTOR.
Shorter words from the letters in PULMOTOR
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Common questions about PULMOTOR
- Is PULMOTOR valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PULMOTOR, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PULMOTOR worth?
- PULMOTOR is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PULMOTOR mean?
- An apparatus that forces air or oxygen into the lungs to provide artificial breathing.
- What letters can be added to PULMOTOR?
- PULMOTOR takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of PULMOTOR:
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