MORBIDITY is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. MORBIDITY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MORBIDITY?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MORBIDITY is to know. It scores 17 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MORBIDITY
No single letter turns MORBIDITY into another word.
How MORBIDITY scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in MORBIDITY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so MORBIDITY has to be built on the board across turns.
What does MORBIDITY mean in Scrabble?
noun
medical
The condition of being diseased, or the rate at which disease occurs in a population.
Public health officials track morbidity alongside mortality to see how much illness a community carries, not only how many die. The word can also describe a gloomy fascination with death. Context shows which sense is meant.
How MORBIDITY is used
Morbidity is standard in medicine and epidemiology, and in literature for gloom.
- Rates of morbidity fell after the vaccination campaign.
- The study compared mortality and morbidity across several hospitals.
- Critics noted a certain morbidity in the poet's later work.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MORBIDITY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in MORBIDITY
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Common questions about MORBIDITY
- Is MORBIDITY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MORBIDITY, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MORBIDITY worth?
- MORBIDITY is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MORBIDITY mean?
- The condition of being diseased, or the rate at which disease occurs in a population.
- What letters can be added to MORBIDITY?
- No single letter can be added to MORBIDITY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of MORBIDITY:
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