GREENSICK is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. GREENSICK is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept GREENSICK?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GREENSICK is to know. It scores 16 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GREENSICK
No single letter turns GREENSICK into another word.
How GREENSICK scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in GREENSICK, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so GREENSICK has to be built on the board across turns.
What does GREENSICK mean in Scrabble?
adjective
archaic
Suffering from chlorosis, an old illness once thought to affect young women and give the skin a greenish tint.
Greensick belongs to older medical talk, from the time when the condition called greensickness was blamed for pale, tired girls. Today doctors would look for anaemia instead.
How GREENSICK is used
The word greensick appears in historical writing and old novels.
- The novel describes a greensick girl sent to the country air.
- Old doctors called pale patients greensick.
- She was thin and greensick through that winter.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GREENSICK and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with GREENSICK
2 longer words begin with GREENSICK.
Shorter words from the letters in GREENSICK
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Common questions about GREENSICK
- Is GREENSICK valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GREENSICK, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GREENSICK worth?
- GREENSICK is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GREENSICK mean?
- Suffering from chlorosis, an old illness once thought to affect young women and give the skin a greenish tint.
- What letters can be added to GREENSICK?
- No single letter can be added to GREENSICK to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of GREENSICK:
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