ZOONOTIC is a valid Scrabble word — 19 points
Yes. ZOONOTIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 19 points in Scrabble and 21 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ZOONOTIC?
| 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: 46 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ZOONOTIC is to know. It scores 19 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ZOONOTIC
No single letter turns ZOONOTIC into another word.
How ZOONOTIC scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in ZOONOTIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| z | 1 | 1 |
| o | 3 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ZOONOTIC has to be built on the board across turns.
What does ZOONOTIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
medical
Able to jump from animals to people, as with rabies, Lyme disease or bird flu.
Zoonotic infections such as rabies and some flu strains start in animals and then jump to people. Public health officials track zoonotic threats because new outbreaks often begin this way.
How ZOONOTIC is used
Medical and public-health term, often with disease, infection or virus.
- Rabies is a zoonotic disease.
- Scientists studied the zoonotic origin of the virus.
- The farm vet warned of zoonotic infections from livestock.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ZOONOTIC and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in ZOONOTIC
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Common questions about ZOONOTIC
- Is ZOONOTIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ZOONOTIC, where it scores 21 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ZOONOTIC worth?
- ZOONOTIC is worth 19 points in Scrabble and 21 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ZOONOTIC mean?
- Able to jump from animals to people, as with rabies, Lyme disease or bird flu.
- What letters can be added to ZOONOTIC?
- No single letter can be added to ZOONOTIC to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of ZOONOTIC:
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