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Is syphilis a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word syphilis is a Scrabble US word. The word syphilis is worth 16 points in Scrabble:

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Is syphilis a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word syphilis is a Scrabble UK word and has 16 points:

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8-letter words (1 found)

SYPHILIS,

6-letter words (4 found)

PHYSIS,SLYISH,SPLISH,SYLPHS,

5-letter words (13 found)

HIPLY,HISSY,LISPS,LYSIS,PILIS,PISSY,SHILY,SHIPS,SLIPS,SLISH,SYLIS,SYLPH,SYPHS,

4-letter words (18 found)

HILI,HIPS,HISS,HYPS,LIPS,LISP,PHIS,PILI,PILY,PISH,PISS,PSIS,SHIP,SIPS,SLIP,SYLI,SYPH,YIPS,

3-letter words (16 found)

HIP,HIS,HYP,ISH,LIP,LIS,PHI,PIS,PLY,PSI,SHY,SIP,SIS,SLY,SPY,YIP,

2-letter words (6 found)

HI,IS,LI,PI,SH,SI,

You can make 58 words from syphilis according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of syphilis

syphilis

Alternative forms

  • syph (slang)

Etymology

From New Latin syphilis, originally the title of a poem by Girolamo Fracastoro concerning “Syphilus”, a shepherd boy who insulted the Greek god Apollo and was punished by that god with a horrible disease.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsɪfɪlɪs/

Noun

syphilis (uncountable)

  1. (pathology) A disease spread via sexual activity, caused by the bacterium Treponema pallidum.
    Synonyms: (dated) Cupid's disease, (obsolete) great-pox, (dated) French disease, French gout, French pox, ladies' fever, leprosy, lues, lues venerea, syph
    Hypernyms: STD, VD
    Coordinate terms: clap, gonorrhea

Derived terms

  • neurosyphilis
  • sympathy is between shit and syphilis
  • syphilitic
  • syphilize
  • syphiloid

Translations

Further reading

  • syphilis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /si.fi.lis/

Noun

syphilis f (plural syphilis)

  1. syphilis

Further reading

  • “syphilis”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Interlingua

Noun

syphilis (uncountable)

  1. syphilis

Latin

Etymology

First used in 1530 by Girolamo Fracastoro, from the name of a mythical first sufferer of the disease, Syphilus.

Noun

syphilis f (genitive syphilidis); third declension

  1. (New Latin, pathology) syphilis

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Synonyms

  • luēs, luēs venerea, pudendagra, morbus Gallicus, scabiēs Gallica, morbus Neapolītānus, morbus Hispānicus, scabiēs Hispānica, morbus Indicus, morbus Ītalus, morbus Ītalicus, luēs Hispānica, luēs Gallica, luēs Neapolītāna

Source: wiktionary.org