RHESUS is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. RHESUS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept RHESUS?
| 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: 26 / 100
Our own measure of how useful RHESUS is to know. It scores 9 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for RHESUS
No single letter turns RHESUS into another word.
How RHESUS scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in RHESUS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 1 | 6 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 344,923.
What stands out about RHESUS
- The same 6 tiles also spell 3 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does RHESUS mean in Scrabble?
noun
A brownish-yellow monkey of southern Asia, widely used in medical research.
The rhesus is a macaque found from Afghanistan across India to southern China, and it adapts well to towns and temples as well as forest. Its name was given by a French naturalist and has nothing to do with the animal itself, being borrowed from a king in Greek legend. The species became so important in laboratories that a blood-group factor, the Rh factor, was named after it.
How RHESUS is used
Often used attributively, as in rhesus monkey or rhesus factor.
- A troop of rhesus lived among the ruins and begged for food from visitors.
- The rhesus is hardy enough to thrive in crowded cities.
- Researchers studied the rhesus to learn how vaccines work.
- Every rhesus in the colony had a number tattooed on its chest.
- The blood factor was first found in the rhesus, which gave it its name.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of RHESUS and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of RHESUS
The 6 tiles of RHESUS in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with RHESUS
1 longer words begin with RHESUS.
Shorter words from the letters in RHESUS
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Common questions about RHESUS
- Is RHESUS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts RHESUS, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is RHESUS worth?
- RHESUS is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does RHESUS mean?
- A brownish-yellow monkey of southern Asia, widely used in medical research.
- What letters can be added to RHESUS?
- No single letter can be added to RHESUS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of RHESUS:
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