ANTITHYROID is a valid Scrabble word — 18 points
Yes. ANTITHYROID is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 18 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ANTITHYROID?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ANTITHYROID is to know. It scores 18 from 11 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ANTITHYROID
No single letter turns ANTITHYROID into another word.
How ANTITHYROID scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in ANTITHYROID, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ANTITHYROID has to be built on the board across turns.
What does ANTITHYROID mean in Scrabble?
adjective
medical
Acting against an overactive thyroid gland, or reducing the production of its hormones.
Antithyroid drugs are prescribed for conditions such as Graves disease, where the gland makes too much hormone. The patient is monitored by blood tests, because the dose has to be adjusted.
How ANTITHYROID is used
Used in medicine, mostly before drug or medication.
- The doctor prescribed an antithyroid drug for the patient.
- Antithyroid treatment can take many months.
- An antithyroid agent reduced her symptoms.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ANTITHYROID and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in ANTITHYROID
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Common questions about ANTITHYROID
- Is ANTITHYROID valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ANTITHYROID, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ANTITHYROID worth?
- ANTITHYROID is worth 18 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ANTITHYROID mean?
- Acting against an overactive thyroid gland, or reducing the production of its hormones.
- What letters can be added to ANTITHYROID?
- No single letter can be added to ANTITHYROID to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of ANTITHYROID:
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