AFTOSA is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. AFTOSA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept AFTOSA?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful AFTOSA is to know. It scores 9 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for AFTOSA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
aftosasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How AFTOSA scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in AFTOSA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| f | 1 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 86,231.
What stands out about AFTOSA
- AFTOSA begins and ends with the same letter.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does AFTOSA mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
The Spanish-derived name for foot-and-mouth disease, a contagious viral illness of cattle and other cloven-hoofed animals.
Aftosa comes from Spanish fiebre aftosa, literally a fever with small ulcers, and it is the usual name for the disease in Latin America. The illness blisters the mouth and feet, so animals drool, limp and stop eating. Outbreaks lead to movement bans and the culling of herds, which is why veterinary and trade reports in Spanish-speaking countries use the word often.
How AFTOSA is used
Technical and regional; most often found in veterinary and agricultural reporting about South America.
- The ministry ordered vaccination of every herd against aftosa.
- An outbreak of aftosa closed the border to beef exports.
- Farmers watched their cattle for the drooling that signals aftosa.
- The report on aftosa praised the new vaccine campaign.
- No new case of aftosa has been found this season.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of AFTOSA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with AFTOSA
1 longer words begin with AFTOSA.
Shorter words from the letters in AFTOSA
Common questions about AFTOSA
- Is AFTOSA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts AFTOSA, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is AFTOSA worth?
- AFTOSA is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does AFTOSA mean?
- The Spanish-derived name for foot-and-mouth disease, a contagious viral illness of cattle and other cloven-hoofed animals.
- What letters can be added to AFTOSA?
- AFTOSA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of AFTOSA:
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