TETANIZE is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. TETANIZE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TETANIZE?
| 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: 54 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TETANIZE is to know. It scores 17 from 8 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 7.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TETANIZE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How TETANIZE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in TETANIZE, 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 |
| z | 1 | 1 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so TETANIZE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does TETANIZE mean in Scrabble?
verb
medical
To bring a muscle into a state of sustained contraction, as happens in tetanus.
Physiologists tetanize a muscle in experiments by sending rapid electrical pulses until its twitches fuse into one steady pull. The effect is unrelated to the infection of the same name except in the underlying idea of continuous spasm.
How TETANIZE is used
The word tetanize is technical and found in physiology texts.
- Rapid shocks will tetanize the frog muscle.
- The stimulus was strong enough to tetanize the nerve fibres.
- Researchers tetanize the tissue before measuring its force.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TETANIZE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with TETANIZE
2 longer words begin with TETANIZE.
Shorter words from the letters in TETANIZE
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Common questions about TETANIZE
- Is TETANIZE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TETANIZE, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TETANIZE worth?
- TETANIZE is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TETANIZE mean?
- To bring a muscle into a state of sustained contraction, as happens in tetanus.
- What letters can be added to TETANIZE?
- TETANIZE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of TETANIZE:
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