Definition of rickettsia

"rickettsia" in the noun sense

1. rickettsia

any of a group of very small rod-shaped bacteria that live in biting arthropods (as ticks and mites) and cause disease in vertebrate hosts they cause typhus and other febrile diseases in human beings

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rickettsia in Scrabble®

The word rickettsia is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 16

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters rickettsia:

RICKETTSIA
(189)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (33 words)

airiest, airsick, artiest, attires, cakiest, cattier, citrate, cristae, iratest, irisate, karites, karstic, kitties, raciest, rackets, restack, restick, retacks, rickets, satiric, scatter, skitter, stacker, statice, sticker, striate, tackers, tackier, tastier, tickers, tickets, trickie, trisect

 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word rickettsia

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The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In rickettsia

RICKETTSIA
(189)
RICKETTSIA
(153)
RICKETTSIA
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RESTICK
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RICKETTSIA
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rickettsia in Words With Friends™

The word rickettsia is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 17

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters rickettsia:

RICKETTSIA
(261)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (33 words)

airiest, airsick, artiest, attires, cakiest, cattier, citrate, cristae, iratest, irisate, karites, karstic, kitties, raciest, rackets, restack, restick, retacks, rickets, satiric, scatter, skitter, stacker, statice, sticker, striate, tackers, tackier, tastier, tickers, tickets, trickie, trisect

 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word rickettsia

RICKETTSIA
(261)
RICKETTSIA
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The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In rickettsia

RICKETTSIA
(261)
RICKETTSIA
(189)
RICKETTSIA
(162)
CAKIEST
(131 = 96 + 35)
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Words within the letters of rickettsia

2 letter words in rickettsia (8 words)

8 letter words in rickettsia (6 words)

9 letter words in rickettsia (2 words)

10 letter words in rickettsia (1 word)

rickettsia + 1 blank (3 words)

Words containing the sequence rickettsia

Words that start with rickettsia (5 words)

Words with rickettsia in them (1 word)

Words that end with rickettsia (1 word)

Word Growth involving rickettsia

Shorter words in rickettsia

ick rick

Longer words containing rickettsia

rickettsiae

rickettsial rickettsialpox

rickettsias