PYOSIS is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. PYOSIS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PYOSIS?
| 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: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PYOSIS is to know. It scores 11 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PYOSIS
No single letter turns PYOSIS into another word.
How PYOSIS scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in PYOSIS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 689,845.
What does PYOSIS mean in Scrabble?
noun
medical
The forming of pus in a part of the body, usually from infection.
Pyosis is an older medical term for suppuration, the process by which an infected area fills with the thick fluid made of dead white cells and bacteria. Doctors once applied it especially to pus gathering in the eye. The word is built from Greek pyon, meaning pus, and is seldom used outside clinical or historical writing.
How PYOSIS is used
Technical and somewhat dated; suppuration or infection is more usual today.
- The physician noted pyosis around the old wound.
- Pyosis of the eye was treated with hot compresses in the older textbooks.
- Untreated pyosis could spread to the surrounding tissue.
- The nineteenth-century report described a case of chronic pyosis.
- Antibiotics have made severe pyosis far less common.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PYOSIS and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in PYOSIS
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Common questions about PYOSIS
- Is PYOSIS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PYOSIS, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PYOSIS worth?
- PYOSIS is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PYOSIS mean?
- The forming of pus in a part of the body, usually from infection.
- What letters can be added to PYOSIS?
- No single letter can be added to PYOSIS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of PYOSIS:
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