SCREWWORM is a valid Scrabble word — 19 points
Yes. SCREWWORM is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 19 points in Scrabble and 21 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SCREWWORM?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SCREWWORM is to know. It scores 19 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SCREWWORM
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
screwwormsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SCREWWORM scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in SCREWWORM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| w | 2 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SCREWWORM has to be built on the board across turns.
What does SCREWWORM mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
The larva of a New World blowfly that burrows into the living flesh of warm-blooded animals.
A screwworm lays its eggs on an open wound, and the hatching grubs feed on the live tissue, which can kill livestock. Ranchers fought it by releasing sterile male flies so that the wild population slowly died out.
How SCREWWORM is used
Used in veterinary science, farming and entomology.
- A screwworm infestation can kill a calf within days.
- The ranch checked every animal for wounds that might attract a screwworm.
- Releasing sterile flies helped to eradicate the screwworm from the region.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SCREWWORM and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SCREWWORM
1 longer words begin with SCREWWORM.
Shorter words from the letters in SCREWWORM
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Common questions about SCREWWORM
- Is SCREWWORM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SCREWWORM, where it scores 21 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SCREWWORM worth?
- SCREWWORM is worth 19 points in Scrabble and 21 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SCREWWORM mean?
- The larva of a New World blowfly that burrows into the living flesh of warm-blooded animals.
- What letters can be added to SCREWWORM?
- SCREWWORM takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of SCREWWORM:
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