SUBACUTE is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. SUBACUTE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SUBACUTE?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
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| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SUBACUTE is to know. It scores 12 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SUBACUTE
No single letter turns SUBACUTE into another word.
How SUBACUTE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in SUBACUTE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| u | 2 | 4 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SUBACUTE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does SUBACUTE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
medical
Of a medical condition, lying between the sudden severe stage and the long-lasting chronic stage.
Doctors use subacute to describe an illness that is no longer at its peak but has not settled into a lasting condition. In geometry the word can also mean moderately sharp in angle, though this use is rare.
How SUBACUTE is used
Subacute is mostly a clinical term, as in subacute infection or subacute care.
- The patient moved to a subacute care unit after surgery.
- A subacute infection can linger for weeks without sharp symptoms.
- The report classed the injury as subacute rather than chronic.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SUBACUTE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SUBACUTE
1 longer words begin with SUBACUTE.
Shorter words from the letters in SUBACUTE
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Common questions about SUBACUTE
- Is SUBACUTE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SUBACUTE, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SUBACUTE worth?
- SUBACUTE is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SUBACUTE mean?
- Of a medical condition, lying between the sudden severe stage and the long-lasting chronic stage.
- What letters can be added to SUBACUTE?
- No single letter can be added to SUBACUTE to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of SUBACUTE:
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