PELLAGRA is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. PELLAGRA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PELLAGRA?
| 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: 40 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PELLAGRA is to know. It scores 11 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PELLAGRA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
pellagrasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PELLAGRA scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in PELLAGRA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so PELLAGRA has to be built on the board across turns.
What does PELLAGRA mean in Scrabble?
noun
medical
A disease caused by a lack of niacin, marked by sore skin, diarrhoea and mental disturbance.
Pellagra once struck communities that lived mainly on maize, because the grain gives little usable niacin unless it is specially treated. Better diets and the discovery of the vitamin have made it rare in wealthy countries.
How PELLAGRA is used
A medical and historical term for a vitamin-deficiency illness.
- Pellagra spread through poor farming towns in the early century.
- Doctors linked pellagra to a diet of maize alone.
- The patient showed the rash typical of pellagra.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PELLAGRA and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PELLAGRA
1 longer words begin with PELLAGRA.
Shorter words from the letters in PELLAGRA
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Common questions about PELLAGRA
- Is PELLAGRA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PELLAGRA, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PELLAGRA worth?
- PELLAGRA is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PELLAGRA mean?
- A disease caused by a lack of niacin, marked by sore skin, diarrhoea and mental disturbance.
- What letters can be added to PELLAGRA?
- PELLAGRA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of PELLAGRA:
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