TENESMIC is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. TENESMIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TENESMIC?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 40 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TENESMIC is to know. It scores 12 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TENESMIC
No single letter turns TENESMIC into another word.
How TENESMIC scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in TENESMIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so TENESMIC has to be built on the board across turns.
What does TENESMIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
medical
Relating to the painful, repeated urge to empty the bowel or bladder without being able to do so.
Doctors describe tenesmic pain when a patient keeps feeling the need to go but passes little or nothing. It is a symptom to be explained, not a diagnosis on its own.
How TENESMIC is used
Used almost only in clinical writing about bowel or urinary symptoms.
- The patient reported tenesmic discomfort for several days.
- A tenesmic urge can accompany inflammation of the rectum.
- The notes describe a tenesmic sensation after every visit to the toilet.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TENESMIC and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of TENESMIC
The 8 tiles of TENESMIC in a different order — 1 found.
Shorter words from the letters in TENESMIC
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Common questions about TENESMIC
- Is TENESMIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TENESMIC, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TENESMIC worth?
- TENESMIC is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TENESMIC mean?
- Relating to the painful, repeated urge to empty the bowel or bladder without being able to do so.
- What letters can be added to TENESMIC?
- No single letter can be added to TENESMIC to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of TENESMIC:
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