INFECTOR is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. INFECTOR is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept INFECTOR?
| 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: 43 / 100
Our own measure of how useful INFECTOR is to know. It scores 13 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for INFECTOR
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
infectorsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How INFECTOR scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in INFECTOR, 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 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so INFECTOR has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about INFECTOR
- All 8 letters of INFECTOR are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does INFECTOR mean in Scrabble?
noun
A person or thing that passes a disease or harmful program on to others.
Health writers speak of an infector when tracing how a disease spread from one person to the next. In computing the same word is used for malware that attaches itself to files.
How INFECTOR is used
Used in health and computer security about the source of an infection.
- Doctors tried to find the first infector in the outbreak.
- The infector spread through the school before anyone noticed.
- This virus acts as an infector of executable files.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of INFECTOR and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with INFECTOR
1 longer words begin with INFECTOR.
Shorter words from the letters in INFECTOR
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Common questions about INFECTOR
- Is INFECTOR valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts INFECTOR, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is INFECTOR worth?
- INFECTOR is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does INFECTOR mean?
- A person or thing that passes a disease or harmful program on to others.
- What letters can be added to INFECTOR?
- INFECTOR takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of INFECTOR:
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