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TETANUSES

9 letters, 9 points in Scrabble, 4 vowels

What TETANUSES Means

TETANUSES is a form of TETANUS, which means:

  1. noun: an acute and serious infection of the central nervous system caused by bacterial infection of open wounds; spasms of the jaw and laryngeal muscles may occur during the late stages
  2. noun: a sustained muscular contraction resulting from a rapid series of nerve impulses

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Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

TETANUSES is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 9 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as T1 E1 T1 A1 N1 U1 S1 E1 S1.

Words Made From The Letters In TETANUSES

297 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 (2)

7 letter words (19)

6 letter words (50)

5 letter words (75)

4 letter words (81)

3 letter words (52)

2 letter words (18)

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