TETANOID is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. TETANOID is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TETANOID?
| 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: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TETANOID is to know. It scores 9 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 7.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TETANOID
No single letter turns TETANOID into another word.
How TETANOID scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in TETANOID, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 2 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so TETANOID has to be built on the board across turns.
What does TETANOID mean in Scrabble?
adjective
medical
Tetanoid describes symptoms or conditions that resemble tetanus.
Doctors apply tetanoid to muscle spasms and stiffness that look like those of tetanus but come from another cause. The word is clinical and rare in everyday speech.
How TETANOID is used
Tetanoid is a medical adjective meaning similar to tetanus.
- The patient showed tetanoid spasms in the jaw.
- A tetanoid rigidity of the neck worried the nurse.
- The report listed several tetanoid signs after the injury.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TETANOID and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of TETANOID
The 8 tiles of TETANOID in a different order — 1 found.
Shorter words from the letters in TETANOID
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Common questions about TETANOID
- Is TETANOID valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TETANOID, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TETANOID worth?
- TETANOID is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TETANOID mean?
- Tetanoid describes symptoms or conditions that resemble tetanus.
- What letters can be added to TETANOID?
- No single letter can be added to TETANOID to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of TETANOID:
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