VIBRIOSIS is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. VIBRIOSIS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept VIBRIOSIS?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
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| 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: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful VIBRIOSIS is to know. It scores 14 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for VIBRIOSIS
No single letter turns VIBRIOSIS into another word.
How VIBRIOSIS scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in VIBRIOSIS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| v | 1 | 2 |
| i | 3 | 9 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so VIBRIOSIS has to be built on the board across turns.
What does VIBRIOSIS mean in Scrabble?
noun
medical
An infectious disease caused by Vibrio bacteria, affecting livestock, fish or humans.
In cattle and sheep, vibriosis spreads during breeding and can cause infertility and abortion. In people, related bacteria from raw shellfish or warm seawater cause stomach illness or wound infections.
How VIBRIOSIS is used
Vibriosis is used in veterinary medicine, aquaculture and public health.
- The farmer vaccinated the herd against vibriosis.
- Vibriosis outbreaks hit the fish farm in summer.
- Eating raw oysters can lead to vibriosis.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of VIBRIOSIS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in VIBRIOSIS
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Common questions about VIBRIOSIS
- Is VIBRIOSIS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts VIBRIOSIS, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is VIBRIOSIS worth?
- VIBRIOSIS is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does VIBRIOSIS mean?
- An infectious disease caused by Vibrio bacteria, affecting livestock, fish or humans.
- What letters can be added to VIBRIOSIS?
- No single letter can be added to VIBRIOSIS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of VIBRIOSIS:
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