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RHIZOTOMY

9 letters, 26 points in Scrabble, 3 vowels

What RHIZOTOMY Means

  1. noun: surgical procedure in which spinal nerve roots are cut; done (anterior roots) to relieve intractable pain or (posterior roots) to stop severe muscle spasms

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

RHIZOTOMY is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 26 in Scrabble and 26 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as R1 H4 I1 Z10 O1 T1 O1 M3 Y4.

Words Made From The Letters In RHIZOTOMY

125 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.

6 letter words (2)

5 letter words (17)

4 letter words (46)

3 letter words (42)

2 letter words (18)

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