RELAXIN is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. RELAXIN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept RELAXIN?
| 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: 61 / 100
Our own measure of how useful RELAXIN is to know. It scores 14 from 7 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for RELAXIN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How RELAXIN scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in RELAXIN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| x | 1 | 1 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 114,366.
What does RELAXIN mean in Scrabble?
noun
medical
A hormone produced during pregnancy that loosens the pelvic ligaments and softens the cervix before birth.
Relaxin is mostly met in biology and medical texts rather than in everyday talk. Its name points to the loosening effect it has on tissue, and it is not to be mixed up with the plain word relaxing.
How RELAXIN is used
Relaxin appears in physiology and obstetrics, usually when the changes of late pregnancy are explained.
- Levels of relaxin rise in the final weeks of pregnancy.
- The textbook explains how relaxin prepares the body for labour.
- Researchers measured relaxin in blood samples taken each month.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of RELAXIN and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with RELAXIN
2 longer words begin with RELAXIN.
Shorter words from the letters in RELAXIN
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Common questions about RELAXIN
- Is RELAXIN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts RELAXIN, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is RELAXIN worth?
- RELAXIN is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does RELAXIN mean?
- A hormone produced during pregnancy that loosens the pelvic ligaments and softens the cervix before birth.
- What letters can be added to RELAXIN?
- RELAXIN takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of RELAXIN:
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