LEPTOSPIRAL is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. LEPTOSPIRAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept LEPTOSPIRAL?
| 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 LEPTOSPIRAL is to know. It scores 15 from 11 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for LEPTOSPIRAL
No single letter turns LEPTOSPIRAL into another word.
How LEPTOSPIRAL scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in LEPTOSPIRAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| l | 2 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| p | 2 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so LEPTOSPIRAL has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about LEPTOSPIRAL
- LEPTOSPIRAL begins and ends with the same letter.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does LEPTOSPIRAL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
medical
Relating to leptospires, the thin spiral bacteria that cause leptospirosis.
Leptospiral infections pass to people from the urine of animals such as rats and cattle. Muddy floodwater is a classic source, so the word shows up in outbreak reports.
How LEPTOSPIRAL is used
Leptospiral is a medical term, often seen with infection, disease or bacteria.
- A leptospiral infection followed the flood.
- Farmers are at risk of leptospiral disease.
- The lab found leptospiral bacteria in the water sample.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of LEPTOSPIRAL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in LEPTOSPIRAL
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Common questions about LEPTOSPIRAL
- Is LEPTOSPIRAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts LEPTOSPIRAL, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is LEPTOSPIRAL worth?
- LEPTOSPIRAL is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does LEPTOSPIRAL mean?
- Relating to leptospires, the thin spiral bacteria that cause leptospirosis.
- What letters can be added to LEPTOSPIRAL?
- No single letter can be added to LEPTOSPIRAL to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of LEPTOSPIRAL:
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