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SYPHILIS

8 letters, 16 points in Scrabble, 2 vowels

What SYPHILIS Means

  1. noun: a common venereal disease caused by the treponema pallidum spirochete; symptoms change through progressive stages; can be congenital (transmitted through the placenta)

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Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

SYPHILIS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 16 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as S1 Y4 P3 H4 I1 L1 I1 S1.

Words Made From The Letters In SYPHILIS

55 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.

6 letter words (4)

5 letter words (12)

4 letter words (17)

3 letter words (16)

2 letter words (6)

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