ASBESTOSIS is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. ASBESTOSIS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ASBESTOSIS?
| 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: 26 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ASBESTOSIS is to know. It scores 12 from 10 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ASBESTOSIS
No single letter turns ASBESTOSIS into another word.
How ASBESTOSIS scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in ASBESTOSIS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| s | 4 | 4 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ASBESTOSIS has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about ASBESTOSIS
- The letter S appears four times in ASBESTOSIS.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does ASBESTOSIS mean in Scrabble?
noun
medical
A chronic lung disease caused by breathing in asbestos fibres, leading to scarring of the lung tissue.
Symptoms of asbestosis build up slowly, often decades after the exposure, and include breathlessness and a persistent cough. It raises the risk of other serious illnesses such as lung cancer.
How ASBESTOSIS is used
A medical and occupational-health term, usually applied to former insulation or shipyard workers.
- The retired plumber was diagnosed with asbestosis after years of site work.
- Asbestosis cannot be cured, only managed.
- Compensation claims for asbestosis rose sharply in the nineties.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ASBESTOSIS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in ASBESTOSIS
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Common questions about ASBESTOSIS
- Is ASBESTOSIS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ASBESTOSIS, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ASBESTOSIS worth?
- ASBESTOSIS is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ASBESTOSIS mean?
- A chronic lung disease caused by breathing in asbestos fibres, leading to scarring of the lung tissue.
- What letters can be added to ASBESTOSIS?
- No single letter can be added to ASBESTOSIS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of ASBESTOSIS:
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