INFECT is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. INFECT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept INFECT?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful INFECT is to know. It scores 11 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for INFECT
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
infectsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How INFECT scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in INFECT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| f | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 76,649.
What does INFECT mean in Scrabble?
verb
To pass disease-causing germs or a virus into a person, animal, plant or computer system.
To infect is to let something harmful take hold, most often a microbe in a living body. The sense has spread: a virus can infect a laptop, and a gloomy mood can infect a whole room. Notice the difference from affect, which is much broader, since infect always suggests a spreading contamination that is passed from one thing to another.
How INFECT is used
Used literally in medicine and computing, and figuratively for moods, ideas and habits.
- A single cut can infect the whole hand if it is not cleaned.
- The worm managed to infect thousands of office machines.
- Her laughter began to infect everyone at the table.
- Mosquitoes infect people when they bite.
- Doubt can infect a team before a big match.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of INFECT and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with INFECT
21 longer words begin with INFECT.
Shorter words from the letters in INFECT
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Common questions about INFECT
- Is INFECT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts INFECT, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is INFECT worth?
- INFECT is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does INFECT mean?
- To pass disease-causing germs or a virus into a person, animal, plant or computer system.
- What letters can be added to INFECT?
- INFECT takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of INFECT:
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