PRURITUS is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. PRURITUS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PRURITUS?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PRURITUS is to know. It scores 10 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PRURITUS
No single letter turns PRURITUS into another word.
How PRURITUS scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in PRURITUS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| u | 2 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so PRURITUS has to be built on the board across turns.
What does PRURITUS mean in Scrabble?
noun
medical
Severe itching of the skin, usually as a symptom of another condition.
Doctors prefer pruritus to the everyday word itch when they chart a patient. It can accompany allergy, dry skin, liver trouble or infection, so the finding points to a search for the cause.
How PRURITUS is used
Used in clinical notes and medical articles.
- The nurse recorded persistent pruritus on both forearms.
- Pruritus often worsens at night.
- A cream was prescribed to relieve the pruritus.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PRURITUS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PRURITUS
1 longer words begin with PRURITUS.
Shorter words from the letters in PRURITUS
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Common questions about PRURITUS
- Is PRURITUS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PRURITUS, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PRURITUS worth?
- PRURITUS is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PRURITUS mean?
- Severe itching of the skin, usually as a symptom of another condition.
- What letters can be added to PRURITUS?
- No single letter can be added to PRURITUS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of PRURITUS:
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