intercostal
Intercostal can refer to muscles between the ribs; they contract during inspiration. Intercostal is also used as adjective, with meanings including located or occurring between the ribs.
Length
11
Scrabble
13
WWF
16
Starts
IN
Ends
TAL
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “INTERCOSTAL” Mean?
/ˌɪn.təˈkɒs.təl/
intercostal has 2 documented senses across adjective, noun.
Adjective
1 senselocated or occurring between the ribs
“intercostal muscles”
Noun
1 sensemuscles between the ribs; they contract during inspiration
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
11
Vowels
4
Consonants
7
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Definition
located or occurring between the ribs
Length
11 letters
Starts With
I
Ends With
L
Vowels
4
Consonants
7
Letters
I, N, T, E, R, C, O, S, T, A, L
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Scrabble Strategy
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Unique Letters
10
Repeated Letters
1
Highest Value Letter
C
Letter Pattern
ABCDEFGHCIJ
CV Pattern
VCCVCCVCCVC
Vowel Share
36%
Consonant Share
64%
Bigrams
IN, NT, TE, ER, RC, CO, OS, ST, TA, AL
Trigrams
INT, NTE, TER, ERC, RCO, COS, OST, STA, TAL
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