RESECT is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. RESECT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept RESECT?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful RESECT is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for RESECT
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
resectsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How RESECT scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in RESECT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 62,713.
What stands out about RESECT
- The same 6 tiles also spell 5 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does RESECT mean in Scrabble?
verb
medical
To remove part of an organ, bone or other tissue by cutting it out in surgery.
Surgeons resect a diseased portion and leave the healthy remainder in place, which sets the operation apart from removing a whole organ. The word is formed from the Latin resecare, to cut back, and its noun is resection. In reports it is typical to read that a tumour was resected, meaning cut out together with a margin of normal tissue.
How RESECT is used
Medical term, found in surgical notes and clinical writing rather than everyday speech.
- The surgeon plans to resect the damaged section of the bowel.
- They will resect the tumour and test the margins.
- It is sometimes safer to resect only a small part of the lung.
- Doctors had to resect a piece of the rib to reach the heart.
- The team decided not to resect the nerve.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of RESECT and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of RESECT
The 6 tiles of RESECT in a different order — 5 found.
Words starting with RESECT
9 longer words begin with RESECT.
Shorter words from the letters in RESECT
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Common questions about RESECT
- Is RESECT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts RESECT, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is RESECT worth?
- RESECT is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does RESECT mean?
- To remove part of an organ, bone or other tissue by cutting it out in surgery.
- What letters can be added to RESECT?
- RESECT takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of RESECT:
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