STIMULATORY is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. STIMULATORY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept STIMULATORY?
| 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: 26 / 100
Our own measure of how useful STIMULATORY is to know. It scores 16 from 11 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for STIMULATORY
No single letter turns STIMULATORY into another word.
How STIMULATORY scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in STIMULATORY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so STIMULATORY has to be built on the board across turns.
What does STIMULATORY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Serving to increase the activity of a cell, organ or process.
Biologists describe a signal as stimulatory when it turns something on or speeds it up, in contrast to an inhibitory signal that slows it. The term appears most often in medicine, immunology and nerve studies.
How STIMULATORY is used
Used in science writing; stimulatory is the opposite of inhibitory.
- The hormone has a stimulatory effect on cell growth.
- Researchers tested several stimulatory molecules in the lab.
- A stimulatory signal from the brain makes the muscle contract.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of STIMULATORY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in STIMULATORY
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Common questions about STIMULATORY
- Is STIMULATORY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts STIMULATORY, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is STIMULATORY worth?
- STIMULATORY is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does STIMULATORY mean?
- Serving to increase the activity of a cell, organ or process.
- What letters can be added to STIMULATORY?
- No single letter can be added to STIMULATORY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of STIMULATORY:
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