FRAMBESIA is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. FRAMBESIA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FRAMBESIA?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FRAMBESIA is to know. It scores 16 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FRAMBESIA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
frambesiasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How FRAMBESIA scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in FRAMBESIA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so FRAMBESIA has to be built on the board across turns.
What does FRAMBESIA mean in Scrabble?
noun
medical
A tropical infectious disease that causes red skin lesions and ulcers.
Frambesia is the older medical name for yaws, a bacterial illness spread by skin contact in warm, humid regions. The name comes from the raspberry-like look of the sores. Modern health programmes aim to wipe it out.
How FRAMBESIA is used
The term frambesia is found in older medical texts, and framboesia is a variant spelling.
- Doctors in the colonial service often treated frambesia.
- Frambesia produces red, raspberry-like growths on the skin.
- Antibiotics have greatly reduced frambesia in many countries.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FRAMBESIA and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with FRAMBESIA
1 longer words begin with FRAMBESIA.
Shorter words from the letters in FRAMBESIA
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Common questions about FRAMBESIA
- Is FRAMBESIA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FRAMBESIA, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FRAMBESIA worth?
- FRAMBESIA is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FRAMBESIA mean?
- A tropical infectious disease that causes red skin lesions and ulcers.
- What letters can be added to FRAMBESIA?
- FRAMBESIA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of FRAMBESIA:
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