DIPHTHERIAL is a valid Scrabble word — 20 points
Yes. DIPHTHERIAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 20 points in Scrabble and 20 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DIPHTHERIAL?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DIPHTHERIAL is to know. It scores 20 from 11 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DIPHTHERIAL
No single letter turns DIPHTHERIAL into another word.
How DIPHTHERIAL scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in DIPHTHERIAL, 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 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so DIPHTHERIAL has to be built on the board across turns.
What does DIPHTHERIAL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
medical
Relating to or caused by diphtheria, the serious infection of the throat.
Doctors once described a thick grey coating in the throat as a diphtherial membrane. Because vaccination made the disease rare, the adjective now appears mostly in older medical texts and histories.
How DIPHTHERIAL is used
Medical adjective, today mostly found in historical or specialist writing.
- The doctor noted a diphtherial membrane across the tonsils.
- Old records describe a diphtherial outbreak in the town.
- A diphtherial infection can damage the heart if untreated.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DIPHTHERIAL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in DIPHTHERIAL
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Common questions about DIPHTHERIAL
- Is DIPHTHERIAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DIPHTHERIAL, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DIPHTHERIAL worth?
- DIPHTHERIAL is worth 20 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DIPHTHERIAL mean?
- Relating to or caused by diphtheria, the serious infection of the throat.
- What letters can be added to DIPHTHERIAL?
- No single letter can be added to DIPHTHERIAL to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of DIPHTHERIAL:
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