DIPHTHERIA is a valid Scrabble word — 19 points
Yes. DIPHTHERIA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 19 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DIPHTHERIA?
| 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: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DIPHTHERIA is to know. It scores 19 from 10 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DIPHTHERIA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DIPHTHERIA scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in DIPHTHERIA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| h | 2 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so DIPHTHERIA has to be built on the board across turns.
What does DIPHTHERIA mean in Scrabble?
noun
medical
A serious bacterial infection that forms a thick coating in the throat and can damage the heart and nerves.
Diphtheria once killed many children before a vaccine was introduced, and it is now rare in places with good immunization. The thick grey coat in the throat can block breathing, and a poison released by the bacteria spreads to other organs.
How DIPHTHERIA is used
A medical term, usually met in discussions of vaccines and public health.
- Diphtheria is prevented by a routine childhood vaccine.
- The town fought an outbreak of diphtheria in the 1920s.
- Doctors treated the child for diphtheria with antitoxin.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DIPHTHERIA and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with DIPHTHERIA
2 longer words begin with DIPHTHERIA.
Shorter words from the letters in DIPHTHERIA
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Common questions about DIPHTHERIA
- Is DIPHTHERIA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DIPHTHERIA, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DIPHTHERIA worth?
- DIPHTHERIA is worth 19 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DIPHTHERIA mean?
- A serious bacterial infection that forms a thick coating in the throat and can damage the heart and nerves.
- What letters can be added to DIPHTHERIA?
- DIPHTHERIA takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of DIPHTHERIA:
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