SYPHILITIC is a valid Scrabble word — 20 points
Yes. SYPHILITIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 20 points in Scrabble and 21 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SYPHILITIC?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SYPHILITIC is to know. It scores 20 from 10 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SYPHILITIC
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
syphiliticsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SYPHILITIC scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in SYPHILITIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| i | 3 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SYPHILITIC has to be built on the board across turns.
What does SYPHILITIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
medical
Relating to syphilis or affected by that sexually transmitted infection.
Syphilitic is the medical adjective for anything linked to syphilis, from a lesion to a patient. Older medical and historical writing uses it often, because the disease was widespread before antibiotics.
How SYPHILITIC is used
Used in medical and historical texts, always in a clinical sense.
- The doctor noted a syphilitic rash on the patient's chest.
- Historians have debated whether the composer suffered from a syphilitic illness.
- Syphilitic infections became treatable once penicillin arrived.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SYPHILITIC and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SYPHILITIC
2 longer words begin with SYPHILITIC.
Shorter words from the letters in SYPHILITIC
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Common questions about SYPHILITIC
- Is SYPHILITIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SYPHILITIC, where it scores 21 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SYPHILITIC worth?
- SYPHILITIC is worth 20 points in Scrabble and 21 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SYPHILITIC mean?
- Relating to syphilis or affected by that sexually transmitted infection.
- What letters can be added to SYPHILITIC?
- SYPHILITIC takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of SYPHILITIC:
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