HERPESVIRUS is a valid Scrabble word — 19 points
Yes. HERPESVIRUS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 19 points in Scrabble and 21 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HERPESVIRUS?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HERPESVIRUS is to know. It scores 19 from 11 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HERPESVIRUS
No single letter turns HERPESVIRUS into another word.
How HERPESVIRUS scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in HERPESVIRUS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so HERPESVIRUS has to be built on the board across turns.
What does HERPESVIRUS mean in Scrabble?
noun
medical
Any of a large family of DNA viruses that cause herpes and related infections, often staying in the body for life.
A herpesvirus typically hides in nerve cells after the first infection and may flare up later. The family includes the viruses behind cold sores, chickenpox and glandular fever. Scientists treat the group as one family because of shared structure.
How HERPESVIRUS is used
A medical and biological term for the virus family behind herpes.
- The herpesvirus can lie dormant for years.
- Chickenpox is caused by a herpesvirus.
- Researchers sequenced the genome of the herpesvirus.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HERPESVIRUS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with HERPESVIRUS
1 longer words begin with HERPESVIRUS.
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Common questions about HERPESVIRUS
- Is HERPESVIRUS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HERPESVIRUS, where it scores 21 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HERPESVIRUS worth?
- HERPESVIRUS is worth 19 points in Scrabble and 21 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HERPESVIRUS mean?
- Any of a large family of DNA viruses that cause herpes and related infections, often staying in the body for life.
- What letters can be added to HERPESVIRUS?
- No single letter can be added to HERPESVIRUS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of HERPESVIRUS:
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