SPIROCHAETE is a valid Scrabble word — 18 points
Yes. SPIROCHAETE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 18 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SPIROCHAETE?
| 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 SPIROCHAETE is to know. It scores 18 from 11 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SPIROCHAETE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
spirochaetesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SPIROCHAETE scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in SPIROCHAETE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SPIROCHAETE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does SPIROCHAETE mean in Scrabble?
noun
medicalBritish
A slender, spiral-shaped bacterium that moves with a corkscrew motion, including the organisms that cause syphilis and Lyme disease.
Spirochaetes are unusual among bacteria for their twisted bodies and their way of swimming through thick fluids. Several of them are serious pathogens in humans, while others live harmlessly in soil and water. This spelling is the British one, the American being spirochete.
How SPIROCHAETE is used
Spirochaete is the British spelling used in microbiology and medicine.
- Under the microscope the spirochaete looked like a tiny coiled spring.
- A spirochaete transmitted by ticks causes Lyme disease.
- Every spirochaete in the sample was moving actively.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SPIROCHAETE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SPIROCHAETE
The 11 tiles of SPIROCHAETE in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with SPIROCHAETE
1 longer words begin with SPIROCHAETE.
Shorter words from the letters in SPIROCHAETE
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Common questions about SPIROCHAETE
- Is SPIROCHAETE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SPIROCHAETE, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SPIROCHAETE worth?
- SPIROCHAETE is worth 18 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SPIROCHAETE mean?
- A slender, spiral-shaped bacterium that moves with a corkscrew motion, including the organisms that cause syphilis and Lyme disease.
- What letters can be added to SPIROCHAETE?
- SPIROCHAETE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of SPIROCHAETE:
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