VIRUS is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. VIRUS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept VIRUS?
| 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: 27 / 100
Our own measure of how useful VIRUS is to know. It scores 8 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for VIRUS
No single letter turns VIRUS into another word.
How VIRUS scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in VIRUS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| v | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 43,569.
What does VIRUS mean in Scrabble?
noun
medicaltechnical
A microscopic infectious agent that can only reproduce inside living cells, or, by extension, a program designed to damage or disrupt a computer system.
A virus is far smaller than a bacterium and cannot reproduce on its own, instead hijacking the machinery of a living cell to copy itself and often causing disease in the process. Diseases from the common cold to measles are caused by different viruses, each specialised to infect particular hosts. The word was borrowed by computing for a self-copying program that spreads from one computer to another, damaging files or stealing information much as a biological virus spreads through a body. Figuratively, virus can also describe an idea or attitude that spreads quickly and does harm.
How VIRUS is used
Everyday word in both medicine and computing, and occasionally used figuratively for a harmful spreading idea.
- The flu is caused by a virus that changes slightly each year.
- A virus infected the office network overnight.
- Scientists studied how the virus spread between hosts.
- She installed new software to protect her laptop from a virus.
- Fear spread through the crowd like a virus.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of VIRUS and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with VIRUS
4 longer words begin with VIRUS.
Words ending in VIRUS
Showing 24 of 41 words that end in VIRUS. Useful as a back hook: play VIRUS onto a word already on the board.
Words with VIRUS inside
Showing 24 of 38 words that contain VIRUS somewhere in the middle. Words that start with VIRUS are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in VIRUS
Common questions about VIRUS
- Is VIRUS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts VIRUS, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is VIRUS worth?
- VIRUS is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does VIRUS mean?
- A microscopic infectious agent that can only reproduce inside living cells, or, by extension, a program designed to damage or disrupt a computer system.
- What letters can be added to VIRUS?
- No single letter can be added to VIRUS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of VIRUS:
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