WORMS is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. WORMS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept WORMS?
| 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: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful WORMS is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for WORMS
No single letter turns WORMS into another word.
How WORMS scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in WORMS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| w | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 98,031.
What does WORMS mean in Scrabble?
noun
informalmedical
An infestation of intestinal parasites, especially in a child or a pet, treated as a single ailment rather than counted one by one.
Although worm itself names one creature, worms in this sense names the condition of having many of them living inside the gut, so a parent says a child has worms rather than counting the worms present. Vets use the same word for the same infestation in dogs and cats, and the sense is old enough to appear in early writing about children's illnesses. The usage survives mainly in everyday and veterinary speech rather than in medical journals, which now prefer naming the specific parasite.
How WORMS is used
Used with have, get or treat for; no singular form carries this meaning.
- The vet said the puppy has worms and needs a course of tablets.
- Doctors once blamed a pale, thin child on worms.
- She wormed the cat because it had worms again.
- Worms are common in children who play in soil without washing their hands.
- The farmer treated the whole flock for worms every spring.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of WORMS and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with WORMS
2 longer words begin with WORMS.
Words ending in WORMS
Showing 24 of 73 words that end in WORMS. Useful as a back hook: play WORMS onto a word already on the board.
Shorter words from the letters in WORMS
Common questions about WORMS
- Is WORMS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts WORMS, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is WORMS worth?
- WORMS is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does WORMS mean?
- An infestation of intestinal parasites, especially in a child or a pet, treated as a single ailment rather than counted one by one.
- What letters can be added to WORMS?
- No single letter can be added to WORMS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of WORMS:
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