LYSSA is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. LYSSA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept LYSSA?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful LYSSA is to know. It scores 8 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for LYSSA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
lyssasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How LYSSA scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in LYSSA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| l | 1 | 4 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 174,277.
What stands out about LYSSA
- The same 5 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does LYSSA mean in Scrabble?
noun
archaicmedical
An old or technical word for rabies, the fatal viral disease of the nervous system transmitted mainly through the bite of an infected animal.
Physicians and classical writers once used lyssa where modern English says rabies or hydrophobia, drawing on a Greek word for rage or frenzy that captured the violent, uncontrolled behaviour the disease produces in its later stages. The word survives today mainly in specialist medical and veterinary writing, in older dictionaries, and in the biological classification of the rabies virus and its relatives, rather than in everyday speech. Someone infected with lyssa in its advanced stage typically shows extreme agitation, spasms and an intense fear of water, symptoms that gave the disease its more familiar name of hydrophobia. Because effective vaccines now control the disease in most countries, the older term lyssa appears far more often in historical or scientific texts than in ordinary conversation.
How LYSSA is used
A rare, mainly technical or historical word for rabies, encountered chiefly in medical, veterinary, and older scientific writing.
- The old medical text used lyssa where a modern doctor would write rabies.
- Untreated lyssa proves fatal once symptoms of the nervous system appear.
- The veterinary report classified the outbreak as a case of lyssa.
- Ancient physicians associated lyssa with a violent, raging madness.
- Scientists trace the family of viruses back to the disease once called lyssa.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of LYSSA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of LYSSA
The 5 tiles of LYSSA in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with LYSSA
1 longer words begin with LYSSA.
Shorter words from the letters in LYSSA
Common questions about LYSSA
- Is LYSSA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts LYSSA, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is LYSSA worth?
- LYSSA is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does LYSSA mean?
- An old or technical word for rabies, the fatal viral disease of the nervous system transmitted mainly through the bite of an infected animal.
- What letters can be added to LYSSA?
- LYSSA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of LYSSA:
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