TETANISE is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. TETANISE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TETANISE?
| 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: 45 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TETANISE is to know. It scores 8 from 8 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 8.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TETANISE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How TETANISE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in TETANISE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 2 | 6 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so TETANISE has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about TETANISE
- The same 8 tiles also spell 3 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does TETANISE mean in Scrabble?
verb
medical
To cause a muscle to contract in a continuous spasm, as in tetanus.
Physiologists tetanise a muscle in the lab by sending rapid electrical pulses to it, so that the separate twitches blend into one steady contraction. The British spelling is common in physiology textbooks.
How TETANISE is used
Tetanise is a technical verb in physiology and medicine, spelled with s in British usage.
- A fast series of shocks will tetanise the frog muscle.
- The toxin can tetanise the jaw and make it impossible to open.
- Students watched the trace as the stimulator began to tetanise the muscle fibres.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TETANISE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of TETANISE
The 8 tiles of TETANISE in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with TETANISE
2 longer words begin with TETANISE.
Shorter words from the letters in TETANISE
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Common questions about TETANISE
- Is TETANISE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TETANISE, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TETANISE worth?
- TETANISE is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TETANISE mean?
- To cause a muscle to contract in a continuous spasm, as in tetanus.
- What letters can be added to TETANISE?
- TETANISE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of TETANISE:
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