ANTHRAX is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. ANTHRAX is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ANTHRAX?
| 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: 55 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ANTHRAX is to know. It scores 17 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ANTHRAX
No single letter turns ANTHRAX into another word.
How ANTHRAX scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in ANTHRAX, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| x | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,029 thousand.
What does ANTHRAX mean in Scrabble?
noun
medical
A serious infectious disease of cattle and sheep, caused by a bacterium and sometimes passed to people.
Anthrax spreads through hardy spores that can lie in soil for years. News stories about it often involve livestock outbreaks or its use as a biological weapon.
How ANTHRAX is used
Anthrax is a medical and veterinary term, also familiar from news reports.
- Anthrax killed several cattle on the farm.
- Vaccination protects herds against anthrax.
- Health workers feared anthrax in the contaminated post.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ANTHRAX and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ANTHRAX
1 longer words begin with ANTHRAX.
Shorter words from the letters in ANTHRAX
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Common questions about ANTHRAX
- Is ANTHRAX valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ANTHRAX, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ANTHRAX worth?
- ANTHRAX is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ANTHRAX mean?
- A serious infectious disease of cattle and sheep, caused by a bacterium and sometimes passed to people.
- What letters can be added to ANTHRAX?
- No single letter can be added to ANTHRAX to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of ANTHRAX:
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