What INFECTIOUS Means
- adjective: caused by infection or capable of causing infection“viruses and other infective agents”
- adjective: easily spread“fear is exceedingly infectious: children catch it from their elders”
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Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
INFECTIOUS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 15 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as I1 N1 F4 E1 C3 T1 I1 O1 U1 S1.
Words Made From The Letters In INFECTIOUS
479 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.
8 letter words (5)
7 letter words (24)
CONFESTCONFITSCONFUSECONFUTECONTUSECUISINEECONUTSEOSINICFICTIONFINITESICONISEINCITESINFECTSINOSITENEUSTICNICOISENIFTIESNOTICESSECTIONSUCTIONUNCOESTUNIFIESUNITIESUNITISE
6 letter words (72)
CENTOSCESTOICESTUICITIESCOITUSCONFITCONIESCONTESCOSINECOTISECOUNTSCOUSINCUEISTCUTIESCUTINSECONUTFEINTSFICINSFICOESFIENTSFINESTFINITEFINITOFISTICFOETUSFOUESTFOUETSFOUNTSFUCOSEFUNESTFUSIONFUSTICFUSTOCFUTONSICIESTICONESINCISEINCITEINCUSEINFECTINFESTINFUSEINSECTINTUSEIONICSIONISENICESTNOETICNOTICEOECISTOSCINEOUNCESOUTSINSCIENTSENITISOFTENSOFTIESOUTIETENUISTIFOSITINIESTOCSINTONICSTONIESTUNICSUNCOESUNFITSUNIFICUNITESUNSOFTUNTIESUSTION
5 letter words (122)
CENTOCENTSCENTUCESTICINESCIONSCITESCOIFSCOINSCOITSCONESCONFSCONTECONUSCOSETCOSIECOSTECOTESCOUNTCUIFSCUITSCUNEICUTESCUTIECUTINCUTISEOSINESCOTESTOCETUISFECITFEINTFEISTFENISFENTSFETUSFICESFICINFICOSFICUSFIENTFIESTFINESFINISFINOSFOCUSFOINSFOISTFONTSFOUETFOUNTFUTONICONSICTUSINCUSINCUTINFOSINSETINTISINUSTIONICNEIFSNEISTNIEFSNIFESNISEINITESNOISENOTESNUTSOOFTENOINTSONCESONCETONCUSONSETONTICOUENSOUNCESCENTSCIONSCONESCOUTSCUFTSCUTESENTISETONSIENTSINCESNIFTSNOUTSONCESONICSOUCESOUCTSTEINSTENOSTOICSTONESTOUNSUENTSUINTSUITETEINSTICESTINESTOFUSTOISETONESTONICTONUSTOUNSTOUSETUNESTUNICUNCESUNCOSUNFITUNITEUNITSUNSETUNTIE
4 letter words (145)
CENSCENTCINECIONCISTCITECITOCITSCOFTCOIFCOINCOITCONECONFCONICONSCOSECOSTCOTECOTSCUESCUIFCUITCUTECUTSECOSECUSEFTSENUFEONSETICETUIEUOIFEISFENIFENSFENTFESTFETSFEUSFICEFICOFINEFINIFINOFINSFISCFISTFITSFOCIFOENFOESFOINFONEFONSFONTFOUSFUCIFUNSFUSCFUSEFUSTICESICONINFOINTIINTOIONSISITNEFSNEIFNESTNETSNICENIEFNIESNIFENISINITENITSNOESNOSENOTENOUSNOUTNUTSOINTONCEONESONIEONSTONUSOTICOUSTOUTSSCOTSCUTSECOSECTSEIFSENTSICESIENSIFTSINESITESNITSNOTSOFTSONESOUTSTENSTIESTUNSUETSUITSUNITECSTEFSTEINTENSTICETICSTIESTINETINSTOCSTOESTOFUTONETONSTOSETOUNTUISTUNETUNSUFOSUNCEUNCIUNCOUNISUNITUNTOUTESUTIS
3 letter words (83)
CISCITCONCOSCOTCUECUTECOECUEFSEFTENSEONESTFENFESFETFEUFIEFINFITFOEFONFOUFUNICEIFSINSIONIOSISOITSNEFNETNIENISNITNOSNOTNUSNUTOESOFTOISONEONSOSEOUSOUTSECSEISENSETSICSIFSINSITSOCSONSOTSOUSUESUISUNTECTEFTENTESTICTIETINTISTOCTOETONTUITUNUFOUNIUNSUSEUTEUTS
2 letter words (28)
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