CONTAGION is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. CONTAGION is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CONTAGION?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CONTAGION is to know. It scores 12 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CONTAGION
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
contagionsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CONTAGION scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in CONTAGION, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CONTAGION has to be built on the board across turns.
What does CONTAGION mean in Scrabble?
noun
The spreading of a disease, or of a harmful idea or habit, from one person to others.
Contagion usually means spread through close contact, as with a cold or a fever. It is also used in a wider sense for the way fear, panic or a trend can pass through a crowd or even a financial market.
How CONTAGION is used
Contagion appears in medicine and in finance and social commentary as a figure of speech.
- Doctors worked to limit the contagion in the ward.
- Fear of contagion kept the schools closed.
- Traders worried about financial contagion across markets.
- Panic spread like contagion through the crowd.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CONTAGION and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of CONTAGION
The 9 tiles of CONTAGION in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with CONTAGION
3 longer words begin with CONTAGION.
Shorter words from the letters in CONTAGION
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Common questions about CONTAGION
- Is CONTAGION valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CONTAGION, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CONTAGION worth?
- CONTAGION is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CONTAGION mean?
- The spreading of a disease, or of a harmful idea or habit, from one person to others.
- What letters can be added to CONTAGION?
- CONTAGION takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of CONTAGION:
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