SARCOSOME is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. SARCOSOME is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SARCOSOME?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SARCOSOME is to know. It scores 13 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SARCOSOME
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
sarcosomesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SARCOSOME scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in SARCOSOME, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 2 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SARCOSOME has to be built on the board across turns.
What does SARCOSOME mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A large mitochondrion found in muscle cells that supplies energy for contraction.
Sarcosomes sit between the muscle fibrils and are packed especially densely in flight muscles. The term is a cell biologist's name for mitochondria in that setting. It is old-fashioned and now seen mainly in older texts.
How SARCOSOME is used
Appears in older cell biology and muscle physiology writing.
- The sarcosome supplied the fibre with energy.
- Each sarcosome appeared as a dark oval in the micrograph.
- Flight muscle holds many sarcosomes.
- The author described a sarcosome in the muscle tissue.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SARCOSOME and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SARCOSOME
The 9 tiles of SARCOSOME in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with SARCOSOME
1 longer words begin with SARCOSOME.
Shorter words from the letters in SARCOSOME
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Common questions about SARCOSOME
- Is SARCOSOME valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SARCOSOME, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SARCOSOME worth?
- SARCOSOME is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SARCOSOME mean?
- A large mitochondrion found in muscle cells that supplies energy for contraction.
- What letters can be added to SARCOSOME?
- SARCOSOME takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of SARCOSOME:
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