Is DIPHTHERIA a word?
DIPHTHERIA is a valid word in Scrabble and Words With Friends. It scores 19 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words With Friends, has 10 letters, and can be rearranged into 0 other words, plus 60 shorter words built from the same letters.
Yes, DIPHTHERIA is a valid word.
What does diphtheria mean?
noun: acute contagious infection caused by the bacterium Corynebacterium diphtheriae; marked by the formation of a false membrane in the throat and other air passages causing difficulty in breathing.
Definition from WordNet, Princeton University.
DIPHTHERIA: word details
- Pronunciation: dihf-THIH-ree-ah (approx., 4 syllables)
- Length: 10 letters, a long word. It is one of 35,784 10-letter words in our dictionary.
- Scrabble: worth 19 points on the tiles.
- Words With Friends: worth 18 points on the tiles.
- Games: recognised in the combined word list Unscrambly uses for Scrabble and Words With Friends. Acceptance in official tournament lists (TWL, SOWPODS) can vary.
Shorter words inside diphtheria
Words you can make from the letters of diphtheria.
Solve a whole rack, not just DIPHTHERIA
DIPHTHERIA is one word. If you are holding tiles rather than looking up a single entry, the Scrabble word finder ranks every play from your rack by points, and the Words With Friends solver scores the same letters with WWF values instead, which changes the order of the list.
Frequently asked questions
What does DIPHTHERIA mean?
DIPHTHERIA is a noun. It means: acute contagious infection caused by the bacterium Corynebacterium diphtheriae; marked by the formation of a false membrane in the throat and other air passages causing difficulty in breathing.
Is DIPHTHERIA a valid word?
Yes, DIPHTHERIA is a valid word. It scores 19 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words With Friends.
Unscrambly validity is based on a large open English word list used across word games. Word acceptance varies by the exact tournament dictionary in use.