spirochete

1. Any of various slender, spiral, motile bacteria of the order Spirochaetales, many of which are pathogenic, causing syphilis, relapsing fever, yaws, and other diseases.

2. Any of an order (Spirochaetales) of slender undulating bacteria including those causing syphilis and Lyme disease.

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Top Words by points	Points	Word Game
spirochete	17	Scrabble

2 Letters	Scrabble® Points
eh	5
er	2
es	2
et	2
he	5
hi	5
ho	5
is	2
it	2
oe	2
oh	5
oi	2
op	4
or	2
os	2
pe	4
pi	4
po	4
re	2
sh	5
si	2
so	2
te	2
ti	2
to	2

3 Letters	Scrabble® Points
cee	5
cep	7
chi	8
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cop	7
cor	5
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cot	5
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ere	3
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est	3
eth	6
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tes	3
the	6
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tis	3
toe	3
top	5
tor	3

4 Letters	Scrabble® Points
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cepe	8
ceps	8
cere	6
cero	6
cert	6
cete	6
chip	11
chis	9
chit	9
chop	11
cire	6
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cosh	9
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cris	6
crit	6
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eche	9
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eros	4
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etch	9
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heir	7
heps	9
here	7
hero	7
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hest	7
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hies	7
hips	9
hire	7
hist	7
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hoer	7
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hops	9
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host	7
hots	7
ices	6
ichs	9
ires	4
itch	9
oche	9
opes	6
opts	6
orcs	6
ores	4
orts	4
otic	6
pech	11
pecs	8
peer	6
pees	6
pehs	9
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pert	6
peso	6
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resh	7
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rich	9
riot	4
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rips	6
rise	4
rite	4
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roes	4
rope	6
rose	4
rote	4
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sect	6
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sere	4
ship	9
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shot	7
shri	7
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spot	6
step	6
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thee	7
thio	7
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this	7
thro	7
tics	6
tier	4
ties	4
tips	6
tire	4
tiro	4
toes	4
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toph	9
topi	6
tops	6
torc	6
tore	4
tori	4
tors	4
tosh	7
tree	4
trio	4
trip	6
trop	6
pheo	9

5 Letters	Scrabble® Points
cepes	9
ceres	7
ceros	7
certs	7
cesti	7
cetes	7
cheep	12
cheer	10
chert	10
chest	10
chips	12
chiro	10
chirp	12
chits	10
choir	10
chops	12
chore	10
chose	10
cires	7
citer	7
cites	7
coirs	7
coper	9
copes	9
copse	9
cores	7
corps	9
corse	7
coset	7
cosie	7
cotes	7
creep	9
crepe	9
crept	9
crest	7
cries	7
cripe	9
crisp	9
crits	7
crops	9
eches	10
echos	10
ephor	10
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epoch	12
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ester	5
estop	7
ether	8
ethic	10
ethos	8
etics	7
heirs	8
heist	8
heres	8
heros	8
hiree	8
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hoper	10
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horse	8
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ichor	10
ither	8
ocher	10
oches	10
ochre	10
optic	9
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pechs	12
peers	7
peise	7
perch	12
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peres	7
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peter	7
phots	10
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porch	12
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ports	7
poser	7
posit	7
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prise	7
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reest	5
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rices	7
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ripes	7
rites	5
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shirt	8
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steer	5
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trees	5
trice	7
tries	5
trios	5
tripe	7
trips	7
trois	5
trope	7
pheos	10
sitch	10

6 Letters	Scrabble® Points
ceriph	13
cerise	8
cerite	8
certes	8
cestoi	8
cheeps	13
cheero	11
cheers	11
cherts	11
chiros	11
chirps	13
choirs	11
chores	11
cipher	13
citers	8
cither	11
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copers	10
copier	10
copies	10
copter	10
corpse	10
corset	8
cosher	11
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creeps	10
creesh	11
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echoer	11
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either	9
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epochs	13
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esprit	8
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ethics	11
hector	11
hereto	9
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herpes	11
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itches	11
ochers	11
ochres	11
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others	9
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pester	8
peters	8
photic	13
picots	10
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pierce	10
pisher	11
pithos	11
poetic	10
poiser	8
posher	11
posier	8
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pother	11
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prices	10
priest	8
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recept	10
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rectos	8
reecho	11
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reship	11
reshoe	9
reshot	9
resite	6
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reties	6
rhotic	11
riches	11
ripest	8
ripost	8
rochet	11
rotche	11
scoter	8
script	10
secret	8
sector	8
seiche	11
septic	10
sitrep	8
soiree	6
sopite	8
sortie	6
specie	10
speech	13
sphere	11
spicer	10
sprite	8
stereo	6
steric	8
stoper	8
stripe	8
techie	11
terces	8
theirs	9
theres	9
thoric	11
thorpe	11
thorps	11
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throes	9
tierce	8
tocher	11
topees	8
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tophes	11
topics	10
torics	8
tories	6
tricep	10
trices	8
triose	6
tripes	8
tripos	8
troche	11
tropes	8
tropic	10
repost	8

7 Letters	Scrabble® Points
ceriphs	14
cerites	9
cheerio	12
cheeros	12
chipset	14
ciphers	14
cithers	12
coesite	9
coheirs	12
coheres	12
copiers	11
copters	11
coterie	9
echoers	12
erethic	12
erotics	9
etchers	12
etheric	12
hectors	12
heister	10
heptose	12
heretic	12
heriots	10
heroics	12
heteros	10
hipster	12
hoister	10
hospice	14
ophites	12
ostrich	12
perches	14
pestier	9
photics	14
picotee	11
piecers	11
pierces	11
pitcher	14
pitches	14
poetics	11
poetise	9
porches	14
pothers	12
potiche	14
precise	11
prithee	12
prosect	11
prostie	9
receipt	11
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rechose	12
recipes	11
recites	9
reposit	9
respect	11
respite	9
retches	12
richest	12
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rochets	12
ropiest	9
rosehip	12
rotches	12
scepter	11
sceptre	11
shortie	10
specter	11
spectre	11
spheric	14
strophe	12
techier	12
techies	12
thorpes	12
threeps	12
tierces	9
tochers	12
torches	12
triceps	11
trochee	12
troches	12
trophic	14
tropics	11

8 Letters	Scrabble® Points
cheerios	13
chestier	13
coteries	10
crepiest	12
esoteric	10
heretics	13
herpetic	15
isothere	11
phoretic	15
picotees	12
pitchers	15
poetiser	10
poetries	10
postiche	15
potiches	15
prechose	15
receipts	12
recopies	12
sheepcot	15
strophic	15
theories	11
theorise	11
trochees	13
trophies	13

10 Letters	Scrabble® Points
spirochete	17