SCIRRHUS is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. SCIRRHUS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SCIRRHUS?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SCIRRHUS is to know. It scores 13 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SCIRRHUS
No single letter turns SCIRRHUS into another word.
How SCIRRHUS scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in SCIRRHUS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 2 | 4 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SCIRRHUS has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about SCIRRHUS
- SCIRRHUS begins and ends with the same letter.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does SCIRRHUS mean in Scrabble?
noun
medical
A hard, firm cancerous growth made largely of fibrous tissue.
Older medical texts describe a scirrhus as a tumour that feels hard to the touch and grows slowly. The word is now mostly historical, replaced by more precise names for different carcinomas.
How SCIRRHUS is used
Used in medical history and older clinical writing.
- The surgeon felt a small scirrhus in the breast.
- A scirrhus can grow for years before it causes pain.
- The old text devoted a chapter to the scirrhus.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SCIRRHUS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SCIRRHUS
1 longer words begin with SCIRRHUS.
Shorter words from the letters in SCIRRHUS
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Common questions about SCIRRHUS
- Is SCIRRHUS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SCIRRHUS, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SCIRRHUS worth?
- SCIRRHUS is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SCIRRHUS mean?
- A hard, firm cancerous growth made largely of fibrous tissue.
- What letters can be added to SCIRRHUS?
- No single letter can be added to SCIRRHUS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of SCIRRHUS:
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