PANDEMIC is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. PANDEMIC 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 PANDEMIC?
| 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: 44 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PANDEMIC is to know. It scores 15 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PANDEMIC
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
pandemicsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PANDEMIC scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in PANDEMIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so PANDEMIC has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about PANDEMIC
- All 8 letters of PANDEMIC are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does PANDEMIC mean in Scrabble?
noun
medical
An outbreak of disease that spreads across many countries or the whole world.
A pandemic is larger than an epidemic, which stays within one region. Health agencies make the declaration when a new illness passes quickly between continents. As an adjective, the word describes a disease or a wave of fear of that scale.
How PANDEMIC is used
Used in medicine and the news, and increasingly in everyday conversation.
- The pandemic closed schools for months.
- Scientists had long warned that a pandemic was likely.
- Travel fell sharply during the pandemic.
- A flu pandemic in 1918 killed millions.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PANDEMIC and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PANDEMIC
1 longer words begin with PANDEMIC.
Shorter words from the letters in PANDEMIC
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Common questions about PANDEMIC
- Is PANDEMIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PANDEMIC, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PANDEMIC worth?
- PANDEMIC is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PANDEMIC mean?
- An outbreak of disease that spreads across many countries or the whole world.
- What letters can be added to PANDEMIC?
- PANDEMIC takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of PANDEMIC:
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