PNEUMONIA is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. PNEUMONIA 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 PNEUMONIA?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PNEUMONIA is to know. It scores 13 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PNEUMONIA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
pneumoniasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PNEUMONIA scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in PNEUMONIA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so PNEUMONIA has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about PNEUMONIA
- PNEUMONIA contains every vowel — A, E, I, O and U.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does PNEUMONIA mean in Scrabble?
noun
medical
A serious infection that inflames the tissue of one or both lungs, filling the tiny air spaces with fluid or pus.
Pneumonia is a common reason for hospital stays, especially among the very young and the elderly. Doctors tell it apart from an ordinary cold by the fever, the cough and the difficulty in breathing.
How PNEUMONIA is used
Used in everyday and medical English for the lung illness, often with a descriptor such as double or bacterial pneumonia.
- The doctor feared that the stubborn cough had turned into pneumonia.
- Grandfather spent a week in hospital recovering from pneumonia.
- Vaccines can lower the risk of pneumonia in small children.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PNEUMONIA and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PNEUMONIA
1 longer words begin with PNEUMONIA.
Shorter words from the letters in PNEUMONIA
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Common questions about PNEUMONIA
- Is PNEUMONIA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PNEUMONIA, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PNEUMONIA worth?
- PNEUMONIA is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PNEUMONIA mean?
- A serious infection that inflames the tissue of one or both lungs, filling the tiny air spaces with fluid or pus.
- What letters can be added to PNEUMONIA?
- PNEUMONIA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of PNEUMONIA:
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