DYSCRASIA is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. DYSCRASIA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DYSCRASIA?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DYSCRASIA is to know. It scores 15 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DYSCRASIA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
dyscrasiasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DYSCRASIA scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in DYSCRASIA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so DYSCRASIA has to be built on the board across turns.
What does DYSCRASIA mean in Scrabble?
noun
medical
An abnormal or disordered condition of the body, especially of the blood.
Dyscrasia began as an ancient idea that illness came from a bad mix of the body's humours. Modern doctors keep the word mostly for blood disorders, such as a plasma cell dyscrasia, where one cell type behaves abnormally.
How DYSCRASIA is used
Medical term; the historical sense of unbalanced humours is now obsolete.
- The patient was referred for a blood dyscrasia.
- Old physicians blamed dyscrasia for many fevers.
- A plasma cell dyscrasia was found in the test results.
- The article reviewed the causes of dyscrasia in the elderly.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DYSCRASIA and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with DYSCRASIA
1 longer words begin with DYSCRASIA.
Shorter words from the letters in DYSCRASIA
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Common questions about DYSCRASIA
- Is DYSCRASIA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DYSCRASIA, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DYSCRASIA worth?
- DYSCRASIA is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DYSCRASIA mean?
- An abnormal or disordered condition of the body, especially of the blood.
- What letters can be added to DYSCRASIA?
- DYSCRASIA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of DYSCRASIA:
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