STEREOTAXIC is a valid Scrabble word — 20 points
Yes. STEREOTAXIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 20 points in Scrabble and 21 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept STEREOTAXIC?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
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| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful STEREOTAXIC is to know. It scores 20 from 11 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for STEREOTAXIC
No single letter turns STEREOTAXIC into another word.
How STEREOTAXIC scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in STEREOTAXIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| x | 1 | 1 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so STEREOTAXIC has to be built on the board across turns.
What does STEREOTAXIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
medicaltechnical
Describing methods that use three-dimensional coordinates to guide an instrument precisely to a spot inside the brain or body.
The label belongs to surgery and neuroscience, where a tiny error in aim matters a great deal. A stereotaxic frame holds the head still while a probe is steered to a mapped target.
How STEREOTAXIC is used
Typical of clinical and laboratory writing, as in stereotaxic surgery or a stereotaxic atlas.
- The team performed stereotaxic surgery to place the electrode deep in the brain.
- A stereotaxic frame kept the patient's head perfectly still.
- Researchers consulted a stereotaxic atlas to find the correct coordinates.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of STEREOTAXIC and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with STEREOTAXIC
1 longer words begin with STEREOTAXIC.
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Common questions about STEREOTAXIC
- Is STEREOTAXIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts STEREOTAXIC, where it scores 21 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is STEREOTAXIC worth?
- STEREOTAXIC is worth 20 points in Scrabble and 21 points in Words with Friends.
- What does STEREOTAXIC mean?
- Describing methods that use three-dimensional coordinates to guide an instrument precisely to a spot inside the brain or body.
- What letters can be added to STEREOTAXIC?
- No single letter can be added to STEREOTAXIC to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of STEREOTAXIC:
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