LEISHMANIAL is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. LEISHMANIAL 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 LEISHMANIAL?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
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| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful LEISHMANIAL is to know. It scores 16 from 11 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for LEISHMANIAL
No single letter turns LEISHMANIAL into another word.
How LEISHMANIAL scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in LEISHMANIAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| l | 2 | 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 LEISHMANIAL has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about LEISHMANIAL
- LEISHMANIAL begins and ends with the same letter.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does LEISHMANIAL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technicalmedical
Relating to or caused by Leishmania, a genus of parasitic single-celled organisms.
Leishmanial infections are spread by the bite of sandflies and can affect the skin or the internal organs. The adjective appears chiefly in tropical medicine when describing lesions, parasites or the diseases they cause.
How LEISHMANIAL is used
Leishmanial is used in medical and parasitology writing, mostly in front of nouns like infection or lesion.
- The patient had a leishmanial ulcer on her forearm.
- A leishmanial infection can stay hidden for months.
- The clinic treats leishmanial disease among villagers.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of LEISHMANIAL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in LEISHMANIAL
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Common questions about LEISHMANIAL
- Is LEISHMANIAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts LEISHMANIAL, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is LEISHMANIAL worth?
- LEISHMANIAL is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does LEISHMANIAL mean?
- Relating to or caused by Leishmania, a genus of parasitic single-celled organisms.
- What letters can be added to LEISHMANIAL?
- No single letter can be added to LEISHMANIAL to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of LEISHMANIAL:
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