Definitions For Screwworm

Noun

SCREWWORM (plural SCREWWORMs) The larva of the fly Cochliomyia hominivorax (new world screwworm) or Chrysomya bezziana (old world screwworm). The larvae are parasitic in humans and animals and are distinctive in eating living flesh of mammals, unlike most maggots, which eat only dead flesh.

Etymology

screw + worm

Is Screwworm a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
19
Words with Friends
21

The word Screwworm is worth 19 points in Scrabble and 21 points in Words with Friends

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