POLLINOSIS is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. POLLINOSIS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept POLLINOSIS?
| 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 POLLINOSIS is to know. It scores 12 from 10 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for POLLINOSIS
No single letter turns POLLINOSIS into another word.
How POLLINOSIS scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in POLLINOSIS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so POLLINOSIS has to be built on the board across turns.
What does POLLINOSIS mean in Scrabble?
noun
medical
A seasonal allergy to airborne pollen that causes sneezing, itchy eyes, and a runny nose.
Doctors use pollinosis as a precise label for allergy caused by pollen specifically. In everyday speech most people simply call it hay fever.
How POLLINOSIS is used
Pollinosis is a medical term, seen more often in clinical writing than in conversation.
- Her pollinosis flares up every spring when the birch trees bloom.
- The clinic offers treatment for pollinosis before the grass season starts.
- Pollinosis can make outdoor work miserable in the summer.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of POLLINOSIS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with POLLINOSIS
1 longer words begin with POLLINOSIS.
Shorter words from the letters in POLLINOSIS
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Common questions about POLLINOSIS
- Is POLLINOSIS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts POLLINOSIS, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is POLLINOSIS worth?
- POLLINOSIS is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does POLLINOSIS mean?
- A seasonal allergy to airborne pollen that causes sneezing, itchy eyes, and a runny nose.
- What letters can be added to POLLINOSIS?
- No single letter can be added to POLLINOSIS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of POLLINOSIS:
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