REOVIRUS is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. REOVIRUS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept REOVIRUS?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
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| 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: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful REOVIRUS is to know. It scores 11 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for REOVIRUS
No single letter turns REOVIRUS into another word.
How REOVIRUS scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in REOVIRUS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 2 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so REOVIRUS has to be built on the board across turns.
What does REOVIRUS mean in Scrabble?
noun
medical
Any of a group of RNA viruses found in the respiratory and digestive tracts, usually causing only mild illness.
The name reovirus comes from respiratory enteric orphan, since early members were not tied to any known disease. Rotavirus, a cause of infant diarrhoea, belongs to the wider family.
How REOVIRUS is used
You will find reovirus in virology and medical textbooks, rather than in daily conversation.
- The lab isolated a reovirus from the sample.
- A reovirus infection is often mild in adults.
- Researchers studied how the reovirus attaches to cells.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of REOVIRUS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of REOVIRUS
The 8 tiles of REOVIRUS in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with REOVIRUS
1 longer words begin with REOVIRUS.
Shorter words from the letters in REOVIRUS
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Common questions about REOVIRUS
- Is REOVIRUS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts REOVIRUS, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is REOVIRUS worth?
- REOVIRUS is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does REOVIRUS mean?
- Any of a group of RNA viruses found in the respiratory and digestive tracts, usually causing only mild illness.
- What letters can be added to REOVIRUS?
- No single letter can be added to REOVIRUS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of REOVIRUS:
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