MALADY is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. MALADY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MALADY?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MALADY is to know. It scores 12 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MALADY
No single letter turns MALADY into another word.
How MALADY scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in MALADY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 517,384.
What does MALADY mean in Scrabble?
noun
formal
An illness or disease, or any serious problem that troubles a person or a society.
Malady is a more formal and slightly old-fashioned alternative to illness, and it tends to suggest something lingering or deep-seated rather than a passing cold. The word comes from the French for ill, and it is often used in a figurative way for faults in an institution, an economy or a character. Writers reach for it when they want to sound serious or literary.
How MALADY is used
Formal or literary; often used figuratively for a deep-seated problem.
- The doctor could not name the malady that kept him in bed.
- Corruption was the chief malady of the old regime.
- A strange malady swept through the village that winter.
- She nursed her father through a long and painful malady.
- Boredom is a modern malady, the author argues.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MALADY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in MALADY
Common questions about MALADY
- Is MALADY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MALADY, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MALADY worth?
- MALADY is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MALADY mean?
- An illness or disease, or any serious problem that troubles a person or a society.
- What letters can be added to MALADY?
- No single letter can be added to MALADY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of MALADY:
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