NIDUS is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. NIDUS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept NIDUS?
| 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: 24 / 100
Our own measure of how useful NIDUS is to know. It scores 6 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for NIDUS
No single letter turns NIDUS into another word.
How NIDUS scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in NIDUS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| n | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 21,785.
What does NIDUS mean in Scrabble?
noun
medical
A place where something originates, forms, or is deposited, especially a nest or a focus of infection in the body.
Nidus began as a Latin word for nest, and English kept that literal meaning for sites where insects, spiders, or birds lay their eggs. Medicine later adopted nidus for the specific spot where bacteria multiply or a disease process begins and can spread outward. The word is also used more broadly for any point of origin, such as a nidus of unrest in a political situation. Its plural can be either niduses or the Latin form nidi.
How NIDUS is used
Countable noun, common in medical writing and occasionally used figuratively.
- The wound became a nidus for infection within days.
- Biologists found the nidus of ants beneath the tree roots.
- The clinic identified a nidus of bacteria in the old catheter.
- That neighborhood had long been a nidus of political dissent.
- Doctors removed the nidus before the infection could spread further.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of NIDUS and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with NIDUS
1 longer words begin with NIDUS.
Shorter words from the letters in NIDUS
Common questions about NIDUS
- Is NIDUS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts NIDUS, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is NIDUS worth?
- NIDUS is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does NIDUS mean?
- A place where something originates, forms, or is deposited, especially a nest or a focus of infection in the body.
- What letters can be added to NIDUS?
- No single letter can be added to NIDUS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of NIDUS:
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