RESECTABLE is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. RESECTABLE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept RESECTABLE?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful RESECTABLE is to know. It scores 14 from 10 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for RESECTABLE
No single letter turns RESECTABLE into another word.
How RESECTABLE scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in RESECTABLE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 3 | 12 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so RESECTABLE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does RESECTABLE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
medical
Able to be removed by surgery, in whole or in part.
Surgeons judge whether a tumour is resectable by looking at its size and nearness to vital blood vessels. If it is, an operation can aim at a cure; if not, other treatments take over. The label influences the whole treatment plan.
How RESECTABLE is used
Resectable is a medical term, mostly about tumours and diseased tissue.
- The scan showed that the tumour was resectable.
- Only a resectable cancer can be cut out safely.
- The team debated whether the section of bowel was resectable.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of RESECTABLE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of RESECTABLE
The 10 tiles of RESECTABLE in a different order — 1 found.
Shorter words from the letters in RESECTABLE
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Common questions about RESECTABLE
- Is RESECTABLE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts RESECTABLE, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is RESECTABLE worth?
- RESECTABLE is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does RESECTABLE mean?
- Able to be removed by surgery, in whole or in part.
- What letters can be added to RESECTABLE?
- No single letter can be added to RESECTABLE to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of RESECTABLE:
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