TYPHOID is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. TYPHOID is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TYPHOID?
| 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: 55 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TYPHOID is to know. It scores 16 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TYPHOID
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
typhoidsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How TYPHOID scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in TYPHOID, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,158 thousand.
What does TYPHOID mean in Scrabble?
noun
medical
A serious infectious fever caused by bacteria spread through dirty food or water.
Typhoid brings high fever, stomach pain and sometimes a rash, and it once swept through crowded towns without clean water. It differs from typhus, an unrelated disease carried by lice, although the names look alike.
How TYPHOID is used
Used in medicine and in history, often as typhoid fever.
- Clean water helped end the typhoid outbreaks in the city.
- Travellers are advised to be vaccinated against typhoid.
- He recovered slowly after a bout of typhoid.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TYPHOID and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of TYPHOID
The 7 tiles of TYPHOID in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with TYPHOID
4 longer words begin with TYPHOID.
Shorter words from the letters in TYPHOID
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Common questions about TYPHOID
- Is TYPHOID valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TYPHOID, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TYPHOID worth?
- TYPHOID is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TYPHOID mean?
- A serious infectious fever caused by bacteria spread through dirty food or water.
- What letters can be added to TYPHOID?
- TYPHOID takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of TYPHOID:
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