VACCINA is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. VACCINA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept VACCINA?
| 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: 58 / 100
Our own measure of how useful VACCINA is to know. It scores 14 from 7 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for VACCINA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How VACCINA scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in VACCINA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| v | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| c | 2 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 4,117 thousand.
What does VACCINA mean in Scrabble?
noun
rare
Cowpox, or the mild local infection produced by inoculating a person with cowpox virus.
In the history of medicine, vaccina was the early name for the sore raised by inoculation, which gave protection against smallpox. Modern texts prefer the term vaccinia for the virus and the infection.
How VACCINA is used
The word vaccina is rare, and appears chiefly in older medical writing.
- The doctor examined the pustule of vaccina on her arm.
- Early physicians observed that vaccina protected milkmaids from smallpox.
- An old textbook described vaccina in detail.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of VACCINA and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with VACCINA
11 longer words begin with VACCINA.
Shorter words from the letters in VACCINA
Common questions about VACCINA
- Is VACCINA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts VACCINA, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is VACCINA worth?
- VACCINA is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does VACCINA mean?
- Cowpox, or the mild local infection produced by inoculating a person with cowpox virus.
- What letters can be added to VACCINA?
- VACCINA takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of VACCINA:
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