URTICARIA is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. URTICARIA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept URTICARIA?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful URTICARIA is to know. It scores 11 from 9 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for URTICARIA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How URTICARIA scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in URTICARIA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| u | 1 | 4 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so URTICARIA has to be built on the board across turns.
What does URTICARIA mean in Scrabble?
noun
medical
A skin condition with itchy, raised red or pale patches, often caused by an allergy.
Urticaria is the medical name for hives, and the patches may appear and fade within hours. Doctors look for a trigger such as a food, a drug or an insect sting, though sometimes none is found.
How URTICARIA is used
Urticaria is used in medical writing, whereas hives or nettle rash is the everyday phrase.
- The patient developed urticaria after taking the drug.
- Chronic urticaria can last for weeks.
- An antihistamine usually calms urticaria quickly.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of URTICARIA and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with URTICARIA
2 longer words begin with URTICARIA.
Shorter words from the letters in URTICARIA
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Common questions about URTICARIA
- Is URTICARIA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts URTICARIA, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is URTICARIA worth?
- URTICARIA is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does URTICARIA mean?
- A skin condition with itchy, raised red or pale patches, often caused by an allergy.
- What letters can be added to URTICARIA?
- URTICARIA takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of URTICARIA:
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