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Yes. The word ankylosis is a Scrabble US word. The word ankylosis is worth 16 points in Scrabble:

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Yes. The word ankylosis is a Scrabble UK word and has 16 points:

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9-letter words (1 found)

ANKYLOSIS,

7-letter words (5 found)

ALISONS,KAOLINS,SIALONS,SKYSAIL,SNAKILY,

6-letter words (27 found)

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5-letter words (94 found)

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4-letter words (112 found)

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3-letter words (68 found)

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2-letter words (27 found)

AI,AL,AN,AS,AY,IN,IO,IS,KA,KI,KO,KY,LA,LI,LO,NA,NO,NY,OI,OK,ON,OS,OY,SI,SO,YA,YO,

You can make 334 words from ankylosis according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of ankylosis

ankylosis

Alternative forms

  • anchylosis, ancylosis

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀγκύλωσις (ankúlōsis, “a stiffening of the joints”), from ἀγκυλόειν (ankulóein, “to crook, bend”), from ἀγκύλος (ankúlos, “bent, crooked”). By surface analysis, ankyl- +‎ -osis.

Noun

ankylosis (countable and uncountable, plural ankyloses)

  1. (anatomy) The growing together of bones to form a single unit.
  2. (medicine) The stiffening of a joint as the result of such abnormal fusion.
  3. (figuratively) An onset of stiffness or inflexibility.

Coordinate terms

  • arthrodesis (syndesis) (artificial ankylosis)

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Further reading

  • ankylosis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • “ankylosis”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
  • “ankylosis”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Source: wiktionary.org