SCHISTOSOME is a valid Scrabble word — 18 points
Yes. SCHISTOSOME is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 18 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SCHISTOSOME?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SCHISTOSOME is to know. It scores 18 from 11 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SCHISTOSOME
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
schistosomesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SCHISTOSOME scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in SCHISTOSOME, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 3 | 4 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SCHISTOSOME has to be built on the board across turns.
What does SCHISTOSOME mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoologymedical
A parasitic flatworm of the blood that spends part of its life in freshwater snails and causes the disease bilharzia in people.
Schistosomes enter the body through the skin of someone wading in infected water. Once inside, the adults settle in blood vessels and release eggs that damage the organs. Control programmes therefore target both the snails and the water people use.
How SCHISTOSOME is used
Schistosome is a parasitology and public-health term, often met in discussions of tropical disease.
- The larvae of the schistosome swim freely in warm, shallow lakes.
- Each schistosome can live for years inside a human host.
- Researchers are testing a vaccine against the schistosome.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SCHISTOSOME and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SCHISTOSOME
1 longer words begin with SCHISTOSOME.
Shorter words from the letters in SCHISTOSOME
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Common questions about SCHISTOSOME
- Is SCHISTOSOME valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SCHISTOSOME, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SCHISTOSOME worth?
- SCHISTOSOME is worth 18 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SCHISTOSOME mean?
- A parasitic flatworm of the blood that spends part of its life in freshwater snails and causes the disease bilharzia in people.
- What letters can be added to SCHISTOSOME?
- SCHISTOSOME takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of SCHISTOSOME:
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