The word virus is a valid scrabble word

3 short excerpts of WikWik.org (WikWik is an online database of words defined in the English, French, Spanish, Italian, and other Wiktionnaries.)

  • virus n. A submicroscopic, non-cellular structure consisting of a core of DNA or RNA surrounded by a protein…
  • virus n. (Uncountable) A quantity of such infectious agents.
  • virus n. (Informal, metonymically) A disease caused by such an infectious agent; a viral illness.

24 valid words from 3 definitions

AGENT AGENTS AN BY CAUSED CELLULAR CONSISTING CORE DISEASE ILLNESS INFECTIOUS INFORMAL METONYMICALLY NON OF OR PROTEIN QUANTITY STRUCTURE SUBMICROSCOPIC SUCH SURROUNDED UNCOUNTABLE VIRAL

2 invalid words from 3 definitions

DNA RNA

One word in word (Word found as is inside the word.)

US

2 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word.)

SUR UR

3 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

VARUS VIRES VIRLS

2 epenthesis (New words found when adding only one letter.)

VIROUS VIRTUS

4 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

VIRUSES VIRUSOID VIRUSLIKE VIRUSOIDS

37 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

POXVIRUSES PROVIRUSES REOVIRUSES SUBVIRUSES ANTIVIRUSES ARBOVIRUSES ECHOVIRUSES FILOVIRUSES MIMIVIRUSES MYCOVIRUSES MYXOVIRUSES NOROVIRUSES ONCOVIRUSES ROTAVIRUSES TOGAVIRUSES ADENOVIRUSES ARENAVIRUSES BUNYAVIRUSES FLAVIVIRUSES HANTAVIRUSES LENTIVIRUSES PARVOVIRUSES POLIOVIRUSES RETROVIRUSES RHINOVIRUSES ULTRAVIRUSES BACULOVIRUSES CORONAVIRUSES ENTEROVIRUSES HERPESVIRUSES PAPOVAVIRUSES RHABDOVIRUSES ONCORNAVIRUSES PICORNAVIRUSES POLYOMAVIRUSES MORBILLIVIRUSES PARAMYXOVIRUSES

41 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

POXVIRUS PROVIRUS REOVIRUS SUBVIRUS ANTIVIRUS ARBOVIRUS ECHOVIRUS FILOVIRUS MIMIVIRUS MYCOVIRUS MYXOVIRUS NOROVIRUS ONCOVIRUS ROTAVIRUS TOGAVIRUS ADENOVIRUS ARENAVIRUS BUNYAVIRUS FLAVIVIRUS HANTAVIRUS LENTIVIRUS PARVOVIRUS POLIOVIRUS RETROVIRUS RHINOVIRUS ULTRAVIRUS BACULOVIRUS CORONAVIRUS ENTEROVIRUS HERPESVIRUS PAPOVAVIRUS RHABDOVIRUS ONCORNAVIRUS PICORNAVIRUS POLYOMAVIRUS MORBILLIVIRUS PARAMYXOVIRUS COXSACKIEVIRUS ORTHOMYXOVIRUS PAPILLOMAVIRUS CYTOMEGALOVIRUS

2 anagrams plus one (New words formed with all the letters from the word plus a letter.)

+O VIROUS
+T VIRTUS

Scrabble scoring

  • 8 points.

Probability in scrabble (Probability to draw 7 letters at the beginning of the game to build the word.)

  • Joker allowed, 1 in 498 chance (0.20%).
  • Joker not allowed, 1 in 2075 chance (0.05%).

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Categories without words

  • No anagrams (Word found by changing the order of the letters.)
  • No lipograms (Word found when removing only one letter.)
  • No anagrams can be formed by removing a letter (New word formed with all the letters of the word minus a letter.)

Scrabble words — in black are valid world wide — in RED are not valid in North America — in GREEN are valid only in North America.

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