9-Letter Words Starting With VIRU
- 6 words
- All English dictionaries
- Scrabble points
Popular 9-Letter Words Starting With VIRU
The most familiar words on this list, with their Scrabble scores.
All 9-Letter Words Starting With VIRU 6 words
How common is VIRU at the start of nine-letter words?
Our combined English word list has 6 nine-letter words that start with VIRU. They average 15 points and the best is VIRULENCY (17 points).
- Total words
- 6
- Average Scrabble score
- 15
- out of 17 max
- Everyday words
- 0%
- common in ordinary English
- Most common ending
- E
- 33.3% of words
Most common last letters
- e 33.3%
- s 33.3%
- l 16.7%
Top vowel pairs
- oi16.7%
Share of words where these two vowels sit side by side.
Rare words worth knowing
Valid in this dictionary but rarely seen in everyday English.
Highest-scoring nine-letter word that starts with VIRU
v 4i 1r 1u 1l 1e 1n 1c 3y 4
V 4 + I 1 + R 1 + U 1 + L 1 + E 1 + N 1 + C 3 + Y 4 = 17 points
- Double word
- 34 pts
- Triple word
- 51 pts
Face value of the tiles, then the whole word on a double- or triple-word square (letter bonuses and bingos not included).
virulency
- nounextreme harmfulness (as the capacity of a microorganism to cause disease)“the virulence of the plague”
- nounextreme hostility“the virulence of the malicious old man”
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How many nine-letter words that start with VIRU are there?
There are 6 nine-letter words that start with VIRU in our combined English word list. Other dictionaries give different totals, so switch dictionary at the top of the list to compare.
What is the highest-scoring nine-letter word that starts with VIRU?
VIRULENCY is worth 17 points in Scrabble before any bonus squares. Other strong options are VIRUSLIKE (16), VIRUCIDAL (15), VIRUCIDES (15).
Which rare nine-letter words that start with VIRU score well?
Uncommon but valid choices include VIRULENCY (17), VIRUSLIKE (16), VIRUCIDAL (15), VIRUCIDES (15). Few players know them, so they can catch an opponent off guard.