THELITIS is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. THELITIS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept THELITIS?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful THELITIS is to know. It scores 11 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for THELITIS
No single letter turns THELITIS into another word.
How THELITIS scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in THELITIS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 2 | 6 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so THELITIS has to be built on the board across turns.
What does THELITIS mean in Scrabble?
noun
medical
Inflammation of the nipple.
Thelitis is built from a Greek word for nipple plus the suffix that marks inflammation. It is a narrow clinical word, mostly met in older medical vocabularies and word lists. Everyday speech simply describes a sore or inflamed nipple.
How THELITIS is used
Used only in specialised medical writing and word lists.
- The nurse noted thelitis in the chart and suggested a soothing treatment.
- Among the rare ailments in the old manual was thelitis.
- She looked up thelitis after seeing it in a crossword.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of THELITIS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of THELITIS
The 8 tiles of THELITIS in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with THELITIS
1 longer words begin with THELITIS.
Shorter words from the letters in THELITIS
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Common questions about THELITIS
- Is THELITIS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts THELITIS, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is THELITIS worth?
- THELITIS is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does THELITIS mean?
- Inflammation of the nipple.
- What letters can be added to THELITIS?
- No single letter can be added to THELITIS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of THELITIS:
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