CIRRHOSIS is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. CIRRHOSIS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CIRRHOSIS?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
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| 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: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CIRRHOSIS is to know. It scores 14 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CIRRHOSIS
No single letter turns CIRRHOSIS into another word.
How CIRRHOSIS scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in CIRRHOSIS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CIRRHOSIS has to be built on the board across turns.
What does CIRRHOSIS mean in Scrabble?
noun
medical
A serious long-term liver disease in which healthy tissue is replaced by scar tissue and the organ stops working properly.
Cirrhosis develops slowly over years, most often after heavy drinking or chronic hepatitis. The scarring cannot be reversed, though stopping the cause can prevent further damage. Doctors may also use the word for similar scarring in other organs.
How CIRRHOSIS is used
Cirrhosis is a medical term, normally followed by "of the liver" or preceded by alcoholic.
- Years of heavy drinking led to cirrhosis.
- The doctor warned that cirrhosis was already advanced.
- Hepatitis can eventually cause cirrhosis if untreated.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CIRRHOSIS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in CIRRHOSIS
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Common questions about CIRRHOSIS
- Is CIRRHOSIS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CIRRHOSIS, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CIRRHOSIS worth?
- CIRRHOSIS is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CIRRHOSIS mean?
- A serious long-term liver disease in which healthy tissue is replaced by scar tissue and the organ stops working properly.
- What letters can be added to CIRRHOSIS?
- No single letter can be added to CIRRHOSIS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of CIRRHOSIS:
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