LEISHMANIA is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. LEISHMANIA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept LEISHMANIA?
| 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: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful LEISHMANIA is to know. It scores 15 from 10 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for LEISHMANIA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How LEISHMANIA scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in LEISHMANIA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so LEISHMANIA has to be built on the board across turns.
What does LEISHMANIA mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
A genus of single-celled parasites carried by sandflies that live in the tissues of vertebrates and cause the disease leishmaniasis.
A leishmania passes part of its life in the gut of a sandfly and part inside the cells of a host. Its bites can lead to skin sores or serious damage to internal organs.
How LEISHMANIA is used
Used in biology and medicine for the parasite behind leishmaniasis.
- The leishmania parasite is spread by the bite of a sandfly.
- Doctors examined the sample for leishmania under the microscope.
- A vaccine against leishmania is still being studied.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of LEISHMANIA and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with LEISHMANIA
5 longer words begin with LEISHMANIA.
Shorter words from the letters in LEISHMANIA
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Common questions about LEISHMANIA
- Is LEISHMANIA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts LEISHMANIA, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is LEISHMANIA worth?
- LEISHMANIA is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does LEISHMANIA mean?
- A genus of single-celled parasites carried by sandflies that live in the tissues of vertebrates and cause the disease leishmaniasis.
- What letters can be added to LEISHMANIA?
- LEISHMANIA takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of LEISHMANIA:
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