RETROVIRAL is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. RETROVIRAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept RETROVIRAL?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| 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: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful RETROVIRAL is to know. It scores 13 from 10 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for RETROVIRAL
No single letter turns RETROVIRAL into another word.
How RETROVIRAL scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in RETROVIRAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 3 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so RETROVIRAL has to be built on the board across turns.
What does RETROVIRAL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
medical
Relating to a retrovirus, a kind of virus that stores its genes as RNA and copies them into DNA.
Retroviral drugs target that copying step, which is why they matter in treating HIV. Researchers also use retroviral tools to carry genes into cells. The word appears often in medical news.
How RETROVIRAL is used
Retroviral is used in medicine and molecular biology, often in antiretroviral treatment.
- The patient began retroviral therapy last spring.
- Scientists used a retroviral vector to deliver the gene.
- A retroviral infection can stay hidden for years.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of RETROVIRAL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in RETROVIRAL
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Common questions about RETROVIRAL
- Is RETROVIRAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts RETROVIRAL, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is RETROVIRAL worth?
- RETROVIRAL is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does RETROVIRAL mean?
- Relating to a retrovirus, a kind of virus that stores its genes as RNA and copies them into DNA.
- What letters can be added to RETROVIRAL?
- No single letter can be added to RETROVIRAL to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of RETROVIRAL:
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