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ANTHRAXES

9 letters, 19 points in Scrabble, 3 vowels

What ANTHRAXES Means

ANTHRAXES is a form of ANTHRAX, which means:

  1. noun: a highly infectious animal disease (especially cattle and sheep); it can be transmitted to people
  2. noun: a disease of humans that is not communicable; caused by infection with Bacillus anthracis followed by septicemia

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

ANTHRAXES is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 19 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as A1 N1 T1 H4 R1 A1 X8 E1 S1.

Words Made From The Letters In ANTHRAXES

354 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.

7 letter words (7)

6 letter words (29)

5 letter words (105)

4 letter words (116)

3 letter words (73)

2 letter words (24)

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