What TETANUS Means
- noun: an acute and serious infection of the central nervous system caused by bacterial infection of open wounds; spasms of the jaw and laryngeal muscles may occur during the late stages
- noun: a sustained muscular contraction resulting from a rapid series of nerve impulses
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
TETANUS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 7 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as T1 E1 T1 A1 N1 U1 S1.
At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 57 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.
Anagrams of TETANUS (4)
Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.
Words Made From The Letters In TETANUS
158 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.
6 letter words (9)
5 letter words (32)
ANTESASTUNAUNESAUNTSETATSETNASNATESNEATSNETTSSAUNTSAUTESTANESTATESTAUNSTEANSTENTSTUNTSUENTSUTTATASTETATESTATUSTAUNTTAUTSTEATSTENTSTESTATUANSTUNASTUNESUNSETUSNEA
4 letter words (55)
ANESANTEANTSATESAUNEAUNTEANSEASTEATSEAUSETASETATETNANATSNEATNESTNETSNETTNUTSSANESANTSATESAUTSEANSEATSENASENTSETASETTSTATSTENSTETSTUNSUETTAESTANETANSTATETATSTATUTAUSTAUTTEASTEATTENSTENTTESTTETSTUANTUNATUNETUNSTUTSUTASUTES
3 letter words (45)
ANEANSANTATEATSATTAUEEANEASEATEAUENSESTETANAENASNATNETNUSNUTSAESANSATSAUSEASENSETSUESUNTAETANTASTATTAUTEATENTESTETTUNTUTUNSUSEUTAUTEUTS
2 letter words (17)
Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.