ZYMOSIS is a valid Scrabble word — 21 points
Yes. ZYMOSIS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 21 points in Scrabble and 21 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ZYMOSIS?
| 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: 57 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ZYMOSIS is to know. It scores 21 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ZYMOSIS
No single letter turns ZYMOSIS into another word.
How ZYMOSIS scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in ZYMOSIS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| z | 1 | 1 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 9,264 thousand.
What does ZYMOSIS mean in Scrabble?
noun
technicalmedical
Fermentation, or the process once thought to cause an infectious disease.
Zymosis grows from the Greek word for ferment. Older medicine pictured infection as a kind of fermenting action in the body, so zymosis could mean either the chemical process or the disease itself.
How ZYMOSIS is used
Largely obsolete outside historical or technical writing.
- Nineteenth-century doctors often blamed zymosis for fevers.
- The brewer described zymosis in the vat as slow and steady.
- Zymosis converts sugar into alcohol and gas.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ZYMOSIS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in ZYMOSIS
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Common questions about ZYMOSIS
- Is ZYMOSIS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ZYMOSIS, where it scores 21 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ZYMOSIS worth?
- ZYMOSIS is worth 21 points in Scrabble and 21 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ZYMOSIS mean?
- Fermentation, or the process once thought to cause an infectious disease.
- What letters can be added to ZYMOSIS?
- No single letter can be added to ZYMOSIS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of ZYMOSIS:
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