PALUDISM is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. PALUDISM is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PALUDISM?
| 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: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PALUDISM is to know. It scores 13 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PALUDISM
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
paludismsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PALUDISM scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in PALUDISM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so PALUDISM has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about PALUDISM
- All 8 letters of PALUDISM are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does PALUDISM mean in Scrabble?
noun
medical
Malaria, or illness caused by living near marshes.
Paludism comes from the Latin word for marsh, because the disease was once blamed on bad air from swamps. The word is found in older medical writing and French-influenced texts.
How PALUDISM is used
Dated medical term for malaria.
- The soldiers suffered from paludism in the delta.
- Doctors in the colony wrote about paludism for years.
- Drainage was meant to end paludism in the town.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PALUDISM and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PALUDISM
1 longer words begin with PALUDISM.
Shorter words from the letters in PALUDISM
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Common questions about PALUDISM
- Is PALUDISM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PALUDISM, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PALUDISM worth?
- PALUDISM is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PALUDISM mean?
- Malaria, or illness caused by living near marshes.
- What letters can be added to PALUDISM?
- PALUDISM takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of PALUDISM:
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