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CENTESIS

8 letters, 10 points in Scrabble, 3 vowels

What CENTESIS Means

  1. noun: (surgery) the act of puncturing a body cavity or organ with a hollow needle in order to draw out fluid

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

CENTESIS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 10 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as C3 E1 N1 T1 E1 S1 I1 S1.

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