VENEREAL is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. VENEREAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept VENEREAL?
| 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: 42 / 100
Our own measure of how useful VENEREAL is to know. It scores 11 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 7.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for VENEREAL
No single letter turns VENEREAL into another word.
How VENEREAL scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in VENEREAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| v | 1 | 2 |
| e | 3 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so VENEREAL has to be built on the board across turns.
What does VENEREAL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
formal
Relating to sexual desire or sexual intercourse, or to diseases passed on through it.
In modern medicine the phrase venereal disease has largely given way to the term sexually transmitted infection. The adjective survives in older health texts, legal wording and historical writing.
How VENEREAL is used
Venereal is mostly found in dated medical vocabulary and in the set phrase venereal disease.
- The clinic once treated venereal complaints in a separate ward.
- Records from the war mention a venereal outbreak among the troops.
- Old textbooks list venereal diseases under their own heading.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of VENEREAL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of VENEREAL
The 8 tiles of VENEREAL in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with VENEREAL
1 longer words begin with VENEREAL.
Shorter words from the letters in VENEREAL
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Common questions about VENEREAL
- Is VENEREAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts VENEREAL, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is VENEREAL worth?
- VENEREAL is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does VENEREAL mean?
- Relating to sexual desire or sexual intercourse, or to diseases passed on through it.
- What letters can be added to VENEREAL?
- No single letter can be added to VENEREAL to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of VENEREAL:
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