BACILLUS is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. BACILLUS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BACILLUS?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BACILLUS is to know. It scores 12 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BACILLUS
No single letter turns BACILLUS into another word.
How BACILLUS scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in BACILLUS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so BACILLUS has to be built on the board across turns.
What does BACILLUS mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A rod-shaped bacterium, especially one of the genus that forms spores.
A bacillus is simply a bacterium shaped like a rod; the capital-letter genus Bacillus includes species found in soil. Some bacilli cause disease, such as anthrax, while others are harmless or useful. The plural is bacilli.
How BACILLUS is used
Bacillus is used in microbiology and medicine to name rod-shaped bacteria.
- The laboratory identified the bacillus in a sample of soil.
- Anthrax is caused by a spore-forming bacillus.
- A single bacillus can multiply into millions in hours.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BACILLUS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
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Common questions about BACILLUS
- Is BACILLUS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BACILLUS, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BACILLUS worth?
- BACILLUS is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BACILLUS mean?
- A rod-shaped bacterium, especially one of the genus that forms spores.
- What letters can be added to BACILLUS?
- No single letter can be added to BACILLUS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of BACILLUS:
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