CONTAGIUM is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. CONTAGIUM is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CONTAGIUM?
| 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: 27 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CONTAGIUM is to know. It scores 14 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CONTAGIUM
No single letter turns CONTAGIUM into another word.
How CONTAGIUM scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in CONTAGIUM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CONTAGIUM has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about CONTAGIUM
- All 9 letters of CONTAGIUM are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does CONTAGIUM mean in Scrabble?
noun
medical
The specific agent, such as a virus, that causes a contagious disease and spreads it from one host to another.
Older medical writers spoke of a contagium when they meant the unseen matter carrying an infection. The plural is contagia. The word has largely been replaced by pathogen in modern science.
How CONTAGIUM is used
Contagium is dated medical vocabulary, found in historical and academic texts.
- The physician searched for the contagium behind the outbreak.
- Every contagium has its own route of spread.
- Early theory held that a living contagium caused the fever.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CONTAGIUM and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in CONTAGIUM
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Common questions about CONTAGIUM
- Is CONTAGIUM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CONTAGIUM, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CONTAGIUM worth?
- CONTAGIUM is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CONTAGIUM mean?
- The specific agent, such as a virus, that causes a contagious disease and spreads it from one host to another.
- What letters can be added to CONTAGIUM?
- No single letter can be added to CONTAGIUM to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of CONTAGIUM:
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