SCALENUS is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. SCALENUS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SCALENUS?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SCALENUS is to know. It scores 10 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SCALENUS
No single letter turns SCALENUS into another word.
How SCALENUS scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in SCALENUS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 2 | 4 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SCALENUS has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about SCALENUS
- SCALENUS begins and ends with the same letter.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does SCALENUS mean in Scrabble?
noun
medical
Any of several muscles running from the neck vertebrae to the upper ribs.
Each side of the neck holds a group of scalenus muscles that help tilt the head and lift the first two ribs during breathing. Tightness in a scalenus can cause neck pain and tingling in the arm.
How SCALENUS is used
An anatomical term; the plural is scaleni.
- The physio pressed on the tight scalenus near the collarbone.
- A strained scalenus can make deep breathing uncomfortable.
- Students learned to find each scalenus on the model.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SCALENUS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SCALENUS
The 8 tiles of SCALENUS in a different order — 1 found.
Shorter words from the letters in SCALENUS
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Common questions about SCALENUS
- Is SCALENUS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SCALENUS, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SCALENUS worth?
- SCALENUS is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SCALENUS mean?
- Any of several muscles running from the neck vertebrae to the upper ribs.
- What letters can be added to SCALENUS?
- No single letter can be added to SCALENUS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of SCALENUS:
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