TYPHOUS is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. TYPHOUS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TYPHOUS?
| 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: 49 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TYPHOUS is to know. It scores 15 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TYPHOUS
No single letter turns TYPHOUS into another word.
How TYPHOUS scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in TYPHOUS, 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 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,605 thousand.
What does TYPHOUS mean in Scrabble?
adjective
medical
Relating to or having the nature of typhus, an infectious disease spread by lice and fleas.
Older medical books speak of typhous fever to mean the illness marked by high temperature and a red rash. Doctors today seldom use the word, preferring the noun typhus. It survives in history of medicine.
How TYPHOUS is used
Typhous is an older medical adjective for anything connected with typhus.
- The ward was filled with typhous patients that winter.
- He wrote about the typhous fever of the old prison.
- A typhous rash covered the soldier before he died.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TYPHOUS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in TYPHOUS
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Common questions about TYPHOUS
- Is TYPHOUS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TYPHOUS, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TYPHOUS worth?
- TYPHOUS is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TYPHOUS mean?
- Relating to or having the nature of typhus, an infectious disease spread by lice and fleas.
- What letters can be added to TYPHOUS?
- No single letter can be added to TYPHOUS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of TYPHOUS:
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