PSEUDOMONAS is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. PSEUDOMONAS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 20 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PSEUDOMONAS?
| 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: 27 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PSEUDOMONAS is to know. It scores 16 from 11 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PSEUDOMONAS
No single letter turns PSEUDOMONAS into another word.
How PSEUDOMONAS scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in PSEUDOMONAS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so PSEUDOMONAS has to be built on the board across turns.
What does PSEUDOMONAS mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A rod-shaped bacterium found in soil and water, some kinds of which cause disease in plants and animals.
Members of this group are tough and adaptable, which is why they turn up in hospitals as well as in damp soil. Some pseudomonas strains are even used to clean up pollution.
How PSEUDOMONAS is used
Used in microbiology and medicine; written in lower case for a single bacterium and in italics for the genus.
- The lab identified the pseudomonas in the water sample.
- A pseudomonas infection can be hard to treat.
- Some pseudomonas strains help break down oil spills.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PSEUDOMONAS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
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Common questions about PSEUDOMONAS
- Is PSEUDOMONAS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PSEUDOMONAS, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PSEUDOMONAS worth?
- PSEUDOMONAS is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PSEUDOMONAS mean?
- A rod-shaped bacterium found in soil and water, some kinds of which cause disease in plants and animals.
- What letters can be added to PSEUDOMONAS?
- No single letter can be added to PSEUDOMONAS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of PSEUDOMONAS:
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