SYNDROME is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. SYNDROME is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SYNDROME?
| 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: 42 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SYNDROME is to know. It scores 14 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SYNDROME
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
syndromesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SYNDROME scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in SYNDROME, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SYNDROME has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about SYNDROME
- All 8 letters of SYNDROME are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does SYNDROME mean in Scrabble?
noun
medical
A group of symptoms that regularly occur together and point to a particular condition.
Doctors name many conditions as syndromes when the cause is unclear or when several signs must be seen together before a diagnosis fits. Outside medicine the word is stretched to mean any typical pattern of opinions or behaviour.
How SYNDROME is used
Standard in medicine and also common in everyday speech for recognisable patterns of behaviour.
- The doctor suspected a rare syndrome after the second test.
- The syndrome is marked by fatigue, fever and joint pain.
- Journalists described the pattern as a familiar syndrome of overconfidence.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SYNDROME and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SYNDROME
1 longer words begin with SYNDROME.
Shorter words from the letters in SYNDROME
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Common questions about SYNDROME
- Is SYNDROME valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SYNDROME, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SYNDROME worth?
- SYNDROME is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SYNDROME mean?
- A group of symptoms that regularly occur together and point to a particular condition.
- What letters can be added to SYNDROME?
- SYNDROME takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of SYNDROME:
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