CANDIDA is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. CANDIDA 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 CANDIDA?
| 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: 55 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CANDIDA is to know. It scores 11 from 7 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CANDIDA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CANDIDA scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in CANDIDA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| d | 2 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 686,195.
What does CANDIDA mean in Scrabble?
noun
medical
A genus of yeast-like fungi, some of which cause infections such as thrush in the mouth or elsewhere in the body.
Candida lives harmlessly on many people and only causes trouble when the body's balance is upset. Doctors name the resulting illness candidiasis, after the fungus.
How CANDIDA is used
The word candida is used in medicine and in everyday talk about yeast infections.
- A swab showed candida growing on the patient's tongue.
- Antibiotics can let candida multiply in the gut.
- The lab grew candida on a sugar agar plate.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CANDIDA and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CANDIDA
10 longer words begin with CANDIDA.
Shorter words from the letters in CANDIDA
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Common questions about CANDIDA
- Is CANDIDA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CANDIDA, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CANDIDA worth?
- CANDIDA is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CANDIDA mean?
- A genus of yeast-like fungi, some of which cause infections such as thrush in the mouth or elsewhere in the body.
- What letters can be added to CANDIDA?
- CANDIDA takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of CANDIDA:
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