MYCOPLASMA is a valid Scrabble word — 21 points
Yes. MYCOPLASMA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 21 points in Scrabble and 25 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MYCOPLASMA?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MYCOPLASMA is to know. It scores 21 from 10 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 4.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MYCOPLASMA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How MYCOPLASMA scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in MYCOPLASMA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 2 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so MYCOPLASMA has to be built on the board across turns.
What does MYCOPLASMA mean in Scrabble?
noun
technicalmedical
A tiny kind of bacterium that has no cell wall and can cause diseases such as some forms of pneumonia.
Because a mycoplasma lacks a cell wall, antibiotics aimed at walls do not work on it. Labs also worry about mycoplasma contaminating cell cultures.
How MYCOPLASMA is used
A microbiology and medical term; the plural is mycoplasmas.
- The lab found mycoplasma in the cell culture.
- Mycoplasma infections can cause a lingering cough.
- A mycoplasma is smaller than most other bacteria.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MYCOPLASMA and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with MYCOPLASMA
3 longer words begin with MYCOPLASMA.
Shorter words from the letters in MYCOPLASMA
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Common questions about MYCOPLASMA
- Is MYCOPLASMA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MYCOPLASMA, where it scores 25 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MYCOPLASMA worth?
- MYCOPLASMA is worth 21 points in Scrabble and 25 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MYCOPLASMA mean?
- A tiny kind of bacterium that has no cell wall and can cause diseases such as some forms of pneumonia.
- What letters can be added to MYCOPLASMA?
- MYCOPLASMA takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of MYCOPLASMA:
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