Words Containing BACIL

Q: What is the highest-scoring word containing BACIL?

PNEUMOBACILLUS is worth 22 points in Scrabble before any bonus squares. Other strong options are PNEUMOBACILLI (21), STREPTOBACILLUS (21), ACTINOBACILLUS (20).

Q: What is the longest word containing BACIL?

STREPTOBACILLUS has 15 letters.

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All Words Containing BACIL 23 words

How often does BACIL appear in words?

Our combined English word list has 23 words containing BACIL. Most are 11 letters long, they average 17.5 points, the best is PNEUMOBACILLUS (22 points) and 43.5% end in S.

Total words: 23
Most common length: 11 letters; 6 words
Average Scrabble score: 17.5; out of 22 max
Longest word: STREPTOBACILLUS; 15 letters
Most common ending: S; 43.5% of words

Most common last letters

s 43.5%
i 26.1%
a 13%

Top vowel pairs

ia26.1%
ae8.7%
eu8.7%

Share of words where these two vowels sit side by side.

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Highest-scoring word containing BACIL

p ₃n ₁e ₁u ₁m ₃o ₁b ₃a ₁c ₃i ₁l ₁l ₁u ₁s ₁

P 3 + N 1 + E 1 + U 1 + M 3 + O 1 + B 3 + A 1 + C 3 + I 1 + L 1 + L 1 + U 1 + S 1 = 22 points

Double word: 44 pts
Triple word: 66 pts

Face value of the tiles, then the whole word on a double- or triple-word square (letter bonuses and bingos not included).

pneumobacillus

No dictionary definition on file. This is a valid game word that standard dictionaries rarely cover.

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