ROTAVIRUS is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. ROTAVIRUS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ROTAVIRUS?
| 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: 27 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ROTAVIRUS is to know. It scores 12 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ROTAVIRUS
No single letter turns ROTAVIRUS into another word.
How ROTAVIRUS scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in ROTAVIRUS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 2 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ROTAVIRUS has to be built on the board across turns.
What does ROTAVIRUS mean in Scrabble?
noun
medical
A wheel-shaped virus that is a leading cause of severe diarrhoea in young children.
The rotavirus gets its name from its round, spoked look under an electron microscope. Infants are most at risk, which is why many countries now give a vaccine.
How ROTAVIRUS is used
Used in medicine and public health about infant stomach infections.
- The nursery closed for a week after a rotavirus outbreak.
- A vaccine against rotavirus is part of the infant schedule.
- Doctors tested the sample for rotavirus.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ROTAVIRUS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ROTAVIRUS
1 longer words begin with ROTAVIRUS.
Shorter words from the letters in ROTAVIRUS
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Common questions about ROTAVIRUS
- Is ROTAVIRUS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ROTAVIRUS, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ROTAVIRUS worth?
- ROTAVIRUS is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ROTAVIRUS mean?
- A wheel-shaped virus that is a leading cause of severe diarrhoea in young children.
- What letters can be added to ROTAVIRUS?
- No single letter can be added to ROTAVIRUS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of ROTAVIRUS:
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