MALARIA is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. MALARIA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MALARIA?
| 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: 58 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MALARIA is to know. It scores 9 from 7 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 6.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MALARIA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How MALARIA scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in MALARIA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| a | 3 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 441,125.
What does MALARIA mean in Scrabble?
noun
medical
A serious disease with recurring fever, caused by a parasite spread by the bite of infected mosquitoes.
Malaria is common in warm regions of Africa, Asia and Latin America. Travellers take preventive tablets and sleep under nets. The name is Italian for bad air, from the old belief that marshes caused the illness.
How MALARIA is used
Malaria is a mass noun used in health, travel and history writing.
- He caught malaria on his trip to the delta.
- Bed nets help prevent malaria in villages.
- Malaria killed many settlers in the marshlands.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MALARIA and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with MALARIA
3 longer words begin with MALARIA.
Shorter words from the letters in MALARIA
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Common questions about MALARIA
- Is MALARIA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MALARIA, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MALARIA worth?
- MALARIA is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MALARIA mean?
- A serious disease with recurring fever, caused by a parasite spread by the bite of infected mosquitoes.
- What letters can be added to MALARIA?
- MALARIA takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of MALARIA:
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