STILBESTROL is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. STILBESTROL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept STILBESTROL?
| 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: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful STILBESTROL is to know. It scores 13 from 11 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for STILBESTROL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
stilbestrolsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How STILBESTROL scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in STILBESTROL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 2 | 4 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so STILBESTROL has to be built on the board across turns.
What does STILBESTROL mean in Scrabble?
noun
medicalNorth American
A powerful synthetic form of the hormone oestrogen, used in medicine and formerly in livestock feed.
Stilbestrol is the shorter American name of diethylstilbestrol, a drug once widely given during pregnancy and later linked to serious health problems in children. It was also used in cancer therapy and animal feed.
How STILBESTROL is used
Stilbestrol appears in medical history and pharmacology.
- Doctors once prescribed stilbestrol to prevent miscarriage.
- Stilbestrol was used to treat some prostate cancers.
- The ban on stilbestrol in cattle feed came decades ago.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of STILBESTROL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with STILBESTROL
1 longer words begin with STILBESTROL.
Shorter words from the letters in STILBESTROL
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Common questions about STILBESTROL
- Is STILBESTROL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts STILBESTROL, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is STILBESTROL worth?
- STILBESTROL is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does STILBESTROL mean?
- A powerful synthetic form of the hormone oestrogen, used in medicine and formerly in livestock feed.
- What letters can be added to STILBESTROL?
- STILBESTROL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of STILBESTROL:
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