BABESIA is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. BABESIA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BABESIA?
| 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: 57 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BABESIA is to know. It scores 11 from 7 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BABESIA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BABESIA scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in BABESIA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 2 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,029 thousand.
What does BABESIA mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
A tiny single-celled parasite that lives in red blood cells and causes disease in cattle and other animals.
Babesia is passed on by ticks and destroys the host's red blood cells, which brings fever and anaemia. Vets watch for it in herds, and in rare cases it also infects people.
How BABESIA is used
Babesia names a genus of parasites; the illness it causes is called babesiosis.
- A tick bite can carry babesia into the bloodstream.
- The vet found babesia in the blood sample of the sick calf.
- Farmers in tick country dip their herds to guard against babesia.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BABESIA and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BABESIA
4 longer words begin with BABESIA.
Shorter words from the letters in BABESIA
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Common questions about BABESIA
- Is BABESIA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BABESIA, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BABESIA worth?
- BABESIA is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BABESIA mean?
- A tiny single-celled parasite that lives in red blood cells and causes disease in cattle and other animals.
- What letters can be added to BABESIA?
- BABESIA takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of BABESIA:
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