SPIRITUS is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. SPIRITUS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SPIRITUS?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SPIRITUS is to know. It scores 10 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SPIRITUS
No single letter turns SPIRITUS into another word.
How SPIRITUS scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in SPIRITUS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 2 | 4 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SPIRITUS has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about SPIRITUS
- SPIRITUS 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 SPIRITUS mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A Latin term for breath, used in grammar for a mark showing whether a Greek vowel is aspirated.
In classical scholarship spiritus is the name given to the breathing signs written over initial Greek vowels. Editors of old texts still talk about the rough and smooth spiritus when they discuss spelling. The word also turns up in Latin phrases about spirit and breath.
How SPIRITUS is used
Spiritus is met mainly in classical studies, in grammar notes and in Latin phrases.
- The scribe left out the spiritus over the first vowel of the word.
- A rough spiritus tells the reader to pronounce an h before the vowel.
- The student asked why every Greek word beginning with a vowel carried a spiritus.
- The old phrase used spiritus in its original Latin sense of breath.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SPIRITUS and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SPIRITUS
1 longer words begin with SPIRITUS.
Shorter words from the letters in SPIRITUS
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Common questions about SPIRITUS
- Is SPIRITUS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SPIRITUS, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SPIRITUS worth?
- SPIRITUS is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SPIRITUS mean?
- A Latin term for breath, used in grammar for a mark showing whether a Greek vowel is aspirated.
- What letters can be added to SPIRITUS?
- No single letter can be added to SPIRITUS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of SPIRITUS:
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