SHIGELLA is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. SHIGELLA 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 SHIGELLA?
| 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: 44 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SHIGELLA is to know. It scores 12 from 8 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SHIGELLA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SHIGELLA scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in SHIGELLA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SHIGELLA has to be built on the board across turns.
What does SHIGELLA mean in Scrabble?
noun
medical
A rod-shaped bacterium that infects the intestines and can cause dysentery.
Shigella spreads through contaminated food, water or hands and causes severe diarrhoea. Public-health workers track outbreaks of shigella because it passes easily among people living in crowded conditions.
How SHIGELLA is used
Medical and microbiology term for a genus of bacteria.
- The outbreak was traced to shigella in the water supply.
- Doctors tested the stool sample for shigella.
- Washing hands helps prevent shigella infection.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SHIGELLA and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SHIGELLA
2 longer words begin with SHIGELLA.
Shorter words from the letters in SHIGELLA
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Common questions about SHIGELLA
- Is SHIGELLA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SHIGELLA, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SHIGELLA worth?
- SHIGELLA is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SHIGELLA mean?
- A rod-shaped bacterium that infects the intestines and can cause dysentery.
- What letters can be added to SHIGELLA?
- SHIGELLA takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of SHIGELLA:
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