staphylococcus
/,stæfələ'kɑkəs/
noun
14 letters5 syllables28 points in Scrabble®32 points in WWF®
DEFINITIONS1
NOUN
1
Spherical Gram-positive parasitic bacteria that tend to form irregular colonies; some cause boils or septicemia or infections.
WORD FORMS
Related formstaphylococcal
GAME SCORES
Scrabble®28 points
Words With Friends®32 points
Double word56 points
Triple word84 points
GOOD TO KNOW
Pig Latinaphylococcusstay
Starts & ends withS … S
Syllablesstaph · y · lo · coc · cus
SYNONYMS & RELATED3
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