PELLAGROUS is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. PELLAGROUS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PELLAGROUS?
| 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: 25 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PELLAGROUS is to know. It scores 13 from 10 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PELLAGROUS
No single letter turns PELLAGROUS into another word.
How PELLAGROUS scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in PELLAGROUS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so PELLAGROUS has to be built on the board across turns.
What does PELLAGROUS mean in Scrabble?
adjective
medical
Suffering from or relating to pellagra, a disease caused by a lack of niacin in the diet.
Pellagrous patients typically show skin rashes, digestive trouble and confusion. Historically the condition spread among people whose diet leaned heavily on maize, and the word shows up mainly in older medical texts.
How PELLAGROUS is used
Used in medical writing and history, as in pellagrous skin or a pellagrous patient.
- The doctor noted pellagrous changes in the skin of his hands.
- Records describe many pellagrous patients in the poorest districts.
- A pellagrous rash appeared after months of a poor diet.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PELLAGROUS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
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Common questions about PELLAGROUS
- Is PELLAGROUS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PELLAGROUS, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PELLAGROUS worth?
- PELLAGROUS is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PELLAGROUS mean?
- Suffering from or relating to pellagra, a disease caused by a lack of niacin in the diet.
- What letters can be added to PELLAGROUS?
- No single letter can be added to PELLAGROUS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of PELLAGROUS:
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