ENTAMEBA is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. ENTAMEBA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ENTAMEBA?
| 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: 48 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ENTAMEBA is to know. It scores 12 from 8 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 7.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ENTAMEBA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ENTAMEBA scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in ENTAMEBA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 2 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ENTAMEBA has to be built on the board across turns.
What does ENTAMEBA mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
A parasitic amoeba living in the intestines, one species of which causes amoebic dysentery.
Most kinds of entameba live harmlessly in the gut, but one species can invade tissue and cause serious illness. The word is the American spelling of entamoeba and is used in parasitology.
How ENTAMEBA is used
A medical and biological term for the genus of gut amoebas.
- The laboratory identified an entameba in the sample.
- One entameba species causes amoebic dysentery.
- Most people carry a harmless entameba without noticing.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ENTAMEBA and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ENTAMEBA
2 longer words begin with ENTAMEBA.
Shorter words from the letters in ENTAMEBA
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Common questions about ENTAMEBA
- Is ENTAMEBA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ENTAMEBA, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ENTAMEBA worth?
- ENTAMEBA is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ENTAMEBA mean?
- A parasitic amoeba living in the intestines, one species of which causes amoebic dysentery.
- What letters can be added to ENTAMEBA?
- ENTAMEBA takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of ENTAMEBA:
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