Definition of placebo

Scrabble & Words with friends points


  • placebo is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 13
  • placebo is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 13
  • placebo is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 17

Definition of placebo


  • an innocuous or inert medication; given as a pacifier or to the control group in experiments on the efficacy of a drug (noun)
  • (Roman Catholic Church) vespers of the office for the dead (noun)

See definition of placebo in Merriam Webster