BEDSONIA is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. BEDSONIA 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 BEDSONIA?
| 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: 45 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BEDSONIA is to know. It scores 11 from 8 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BEDSONIA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BEDSONIA scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in BEDSONIA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so BEDSONIA has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about BEDSONIA
- All 8 letters of BEDSONIA are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does BEDSONIA mean in Scrabble?
noun
medical
An old name for the chlamydia group of microorganisms that cause diseases such as trachoma.
Bedsonia was coined in honour of a British microbiologist. Today these organisms are classed as chlamydiae, so the older word turns up mostly in dated medical texts.
How BEDSONIA is used
Dated medical term, now replaced by chlamydia.
- The textbook listed bedsonia among the causes of eye disease.
- Bedsonia was once thought to be a virus.
- Early papers describe bedsonia in parrots.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BEDSONIA and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BEDSONIA
2 longer words begin with BEDSONIA.
Shorter words from the letters in BEDSONIA
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Common questions about BEDSONIA
- Is BEDSONIA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BEDSONIA, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BEDSONIA worth?
- BEDSONIA is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BEDSONIA mean?
- An old name for the chlamydia group of microorganisms that cause diseases such as trachoma.
- What letters can be added to BEDSONIA?
- BEDSONIA takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of BEDSONIA:
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