SHIGELLOSIS is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. SHIGELLOSIS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SHIGELLOSIS?
| 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: 26 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SHIGELLOSIS is to know. It scores 15 from 11 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SHIGELLOSIS
No single letter turns SHIGELLOSIS into another word.
How SHIGELLOSIS scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in SHIGELLOSIS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 3 | 4 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SHIGELLOSIS has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about SHIGELLOSIS
- SHIGELLOSIS 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 SHIGELLOSIS mean in Scrabble?
noun
medical
An intestinal infection caused by Shigella bacteria, bringing fever, cramps and diarrhoea.
Shigellosis spreads through contaminated food, water or poor hand hygiene, and it is a common cause of bacillary dysentery. Most healthy people recover, but small children can become seriously dehydrated.
How SHIGELLOSIS is used
A medical and public-health term, e.g. an outbreak of shigellosis traced to a restaurant.
- An outbreak of shigellosis closed the school canteen.
- Shigellosis spreads quickly where sanitation is poor.
- The doctor suspected shigellosis after the fever and cramps.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SHIGELLOSIS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in SHIGELLOSIS
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Common questions about SHIGELLOSIS
- Is SHIGELLOSIS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SHIGELLOSIS, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SHIGELLOSIS worth?
- SHIGELLOSIS is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SHIGELLOSIS mean?
- An intestinal infection caused by Shigella bacteria, bringing fever, cramps and diarrhoea.
- What letters can be added to SHIGELLOSIS?
- No single letter can be added to SHIGELLOSIS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of SHIGELLOSIS:
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