ERYTHREMIA is a valid Scrabble word — 18 points
Yes. ERYTHREMIA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 18 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ERYTHREMIA?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ERYTHREMIA is to know. It scores 18 from 10 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ERYTHREMIA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
erythremiasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ERYTHREMIA scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in ERYTHREMIA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 2 | 12 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ERYTHREMIA has to be built on the board across turns.
What does ERYTHREMIA mean in Scrabble?
noun
medical
A chronic blood disorder in which the bone marrow makes too many red blood cells, also known as polycythemia vera.
The extra cells thicken the blood and raise the risk of clots, so patients often have blood removed regularly. Erythremia is older and now less common than polycythemia vera, but it still appears in word lists and older medical texts.
How ERYTHREMIA is used
A rare medical term, mostly replaced by polycythemia vera in modern practice.
- Erythremia was diagnosed after a routine blood count showed unusually high levels.
- The patient with erythremia needed regular treatment to thin the blood.
- An old textbook listed erythremia among the disorders of the marrow.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ERYTHREMIA and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ERYTHREMIA
1 longer words begin with ERYTHREMIA.
Shorter words from the letters in ERYTHREMIA
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Common questions about ERYTHREMIA
- Is ERYTHREMIA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ERYTHREMIA, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ERYTHREMIA worth?
- ERYTHREMIA is worth 18 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ERYTHREMIA mean?
- A chronic blood disorder in which the bone marrow makes too many red blood cells, also known as polycythemia vera.
- What letters can be added to ERYTHREMIA?
- ERYTHREMIA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of ERYTHREMIA:
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