FUNGISTATIC is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. FUNGISTATIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 21 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FUNGISTATIC?
| 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: 27 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FUNGISTATIC is to know. It scores 17 from 11 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FUNGISTATIC
No single letter turns FUNGISTATIC into another word.
How FUNGISTATIC scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in FUNGISTATIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so FUNGISTATIC has to be built on the board across turns.
What does FUNGISTATIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technicalmedical
Able to stop fungi from growing without necessarily killing them.
A fungistatic agent holds a fungus in check so the body or the material can recover, whereas a fungicide destroys it outright. Some antifungal creams are fungistatic at low strength and kill the fungus at a higher dose.
How FUNGISTATIC is used
Fungistatic is used in medicine, agriculture and microbiology to describe drugs, coatings and chemicals.
- The cream has a fungistatic effect on skin infections.
- Researchers tested whether the oil was fungistatic or fully fungicidal.
- A fungistatic coating protects the stored grain from mould.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FUNGISTATIC and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with FUNGISTATIC
1 longer words begin with FUNGISTATIC.
Shorter words from the letters in FUNGISTATIC
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Common questions about FUNGISTATIC
- Is FUNGISTATIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FUNGISTATIC, where it scores 21 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FUNGISTATIC worth?
- FUNGISTATIC is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 21 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FUNGISTATIC mean?
- Able to stop fungi from growing without necessarily killing them.
- What letters can be added to FUNGISTATIC?
- No single letter can be added to FUNGISTATIC to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of FUNGISTATIC:
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