LEPROSARIUM is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. LEPROSARIUM is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept LEPROSARIUM?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful LEPROSARIUM is to know. It scores 15 from 11 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for LEPROSARIUM
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
leprosariumsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How LEPROSARIUM scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in LEPROSARIUM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so LEPROSARIUM has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about LEPROSARIUM
- LEPROSARIUM contains every vowel — A, E, I, O and U.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does LEPROSARIUM mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
A hospital or colony where people with leprosy were treated and kept apart.
Leprosarium is mostly a historical word, since leprosy is now curable at home. Such places were often remote and run by religious orders.
How LEPROSARIUM is used
Leprosarium is used in historical and medical writing about earlier care of leprosy.
- The island once housed a leprosarium.
- Nuns ran the leprosarium for over a century.
- Patients arrived at the leprosarium by boat.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of LEPROSARIUM and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with LEPROSARIUM
1 longer words begin with LEPROSARIUM.
Shorter words from the letters in LEPROSARIUM
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Common questions about LEPROSARIUM
- Is LEPROSARIUM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts LEPROSARIUM, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is LEPROSARIUM worth?
- LEPROSARIUM is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does LEPROSARIUM mean?
- A hospital or colony where people with leprosy were treated and kept apart.
- What letters can be added to LEPROSARIUM?
- LEPROSARIUM takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of LEPROSARIUM:
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