TRICHINA is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. TRICHINA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TRICHINA?
| 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: 49 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TRICHINA is to know. It scores 13 from 8 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 6.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TRICHINA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How TRICHINA scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in TRICHINA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so TRICHINA has to be built on the board across turns.
What does TRICHINA mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoologymedical
A tiny parasitic roundworm whose larvae form cysts in the muscles of pigs, rats and people.
The trichina is famous as the cause of trichinosis, which people catch from undercooked pork. Meat inspection and thorough cooking exist largely because of this one worm.
How TRICHINA is used
Used in biology, medicine and food safety discussions.
- The inspector tested the pork for trichina.
- A single trichina can leave hundreds of larvae in the muscle.
- Thorough cooking kills the trichina before it reaches the plate.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TRICHINA and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with TRICHINA
3 longer words begin with TRICHINA.
Shorter words from the letters in TRICHINA
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Common questions about TRICHINA
- Is TRICHINA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TRICHINA, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TRICHINA worth?
- TRICHINA is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TRICHINA mean?
- A tiny parasitic roundworm whose larvae form cysts in the muscles of pigs, rats and people.
- What letters can be added to TRICHINA?
- TRICHINA takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of TRICHINA:
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