RICKETTSIAL is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. RICKETTSIAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept RICKETTSIAL?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful RICKETTSIAL is to know. It scores 17 from 11 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for RICKETTSIAL
No single letter turns RICKETTSIAL into another word.
How RICKETTSIAL scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in RICKETTSIAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so RICKETTSIAL has to be built on the board across turns.
What does RICKETTSIAL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
medical
Relating to or caused by tiny bacteria that live inside cells and spread through lice, fleas and ticks.
Rickettsial is a medical word tied to a group of microbes that cause diseases such as typhus and spotted fever. It usually describes the illness or the infection, not the germ. Doctors use it when planning tests and treatment with antibiotics.
How RICKETTSIAL is used
Used in medicine and public health about infections carried by biting insects.
- The patient was treated for a rickettsial infection after a tick bite.
- Rickettsial diseases are often marked by fever and a rash.
- The lab confirmed a rickettsial cause for the outbreak.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of RICKETTSIAL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
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Common questions about RICKETTSIAL
- Is RICKETTSIAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts RICKETTSIAL, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is RICKETTSIAL worth?
- RICKETTSIAL is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does RICKETTSIAL mean?
- Relating to or caused by tiny bacteria that live inside cells and spread through lice, fleas and ticks.
- What letters can be added to RICKETTSIAL?
- No single letter can be added to RICKETTSIAL to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of RICKETTSIAL:
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