MEASLE is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. MEASLE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MEASLE?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MEASLE is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 7.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MEASLE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How MEASLE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in MEASLE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 62,713.
What does MEASLE mean in Scrabble?
noun
archaicrare
A single tapeworm larva, or bladder worm, embedded in the flesh of an infected animal such as pork.
The word measle names the singular unit behind the more familiar plural, measles, and its oldest meaning has nothing to do with the childhood illness: it is the small cyst formed by a tapeworm larva lodged in muscle, most often pork, which butchers and inspectors called measly once enough such spots appeared. An older, harsher sense also applied measle to a leper, likening the scattered marks of leprosy to the same speckled appearance. The word survives now mainly in older veterinary and historical writing rather than everyday speech.
How MEASLE is used
Archaic and rare; met mainly in older veterinary, historical, or dialect writing rather than in current speech.
- The inspector found a single measle embedded in the cut of pork.
- Butchers once rejected any carcass riddled with measle.
- Old veterinary manuals describe the measle as the cause of measly pork.
- The chronicler used measle as a harsh word for a leper.
- A stray measle in the muscle was enough to condemn the meat.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MEASLE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with MEASLE
2 longer words begin with MEASLE.
Shorter words from the letters in MEASLE
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Common questions about MEASLE
- Is MEASLE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MEASLE, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MEASLE worth?
- MEASLE is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MEASLE mean?
- A single tapeworm larva, or bladder worm, embedded in the flesh of an infected animal such as pork.
- What letters can be added to MEASLE?
- MEASLE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of MEASLE:
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