TYPHUS is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. TYPHUS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TYPHUS?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TYPHUS is to know. It scores 14 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 3.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TYPHUS
No single letter turns TYPHUS into another word.
How TYPHUS scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in TYPHUS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,552 thousand.
What stands out about TYPHUS
- TYPHUS gets by on a single vowel across 6 letters.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does TYPHUS mean in Scrabble?
noun
medical
An infectious disease with fever, headache and a rash, spread by lice, fleas or mites.
Typhus followed armies and crowded prisons for centuries and killed many. It is not the same illness as typhoid, though the names sound alike, and cleanliness and antibiotics now control it.
How TYPHUS is used
Medical and historical term, often found in accounts of war and famine.
- Typhus spread quickly through the crowded camp.
- Lice carried typhus from one soldier to the next.
- Doctors treated the typhus with antibiotics.
- Many died of typhus during the long siege.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TYPHUS and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with TYPHUS
1 longer words begin with TYPHUS.
Shorter words from the letters in TYPHUS
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Common questions about TYPHUS
- Is TYPHUS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TYPHUS, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TYPHUS worth?
- TYPHUS is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TYPHUS mean?
- An infectious disease with fever, headache and a rash, spread by lice, fleas or mites.
- What letters can be added to TYPHUS?
- No single letter can be added to TYPHUS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of TYPHUS:
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