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NIDUS

5 letters, 6 points in Scrabble, 2 vowels

What NIDUS Means

  1. noun: a central point or locus of an infection in an organism“the focus of infection”
  2. noun: a nest in which spiders or insects deposit their eggs

Similar words

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

NIDUS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 6 in Scrabble and 7 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as N1 I1 D2 U1 S1.

Words Made From The Letters In NIDUS

31 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.

4 letter words (7)

3 letter words (16)

2 letter words (8)

Longer Words Containing NIDUS

NIDUS appears inside each of these, which is what makes it worth knowing as a hook.

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