PYAEMIA is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. PYAEMIA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PYAEMIA?
| 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: 57 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PYAEMIA is to know. It scores 14 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PYAEMIA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
pyaemiasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PYAEMIA scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in PYAEMIA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 514,646.
What does PYAEMIA mean in Scrabble?
noun
medicalBritish
A form of blood poisoning in which pus-forming bacteria spread through the blood from an infected site.
Before antibiotics pyaemia was a feared complication of wounds and surgery, because abscesses formed in distant organs. The spelling pyaemia is British, and the American form drops the a.
How PYAEMIA is used
The term pyaemia appears mostly in older medical texts and in histories of surgery.
- The soldier died of pyaemia after his wound turned septic.
- Early surgeons struggled to prevent pyaemia in crowded hospitals.
- Abscesses in the lungs were a sign of pyaemia.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PYAEMIA and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PYAEMIA
1 longer words begin with PYAEMIA.
Shorter words from the letters in PYAEMIA
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Common questions about PYAEMIA
- Is PYAEMIA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PYAEMIA, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PYAEMIA worth?
- PYAEMIA is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PYAEMIA mean?
- A form of blood poisoning in which pus-forming bacteria spread through the blood from an infected site.
- What letters can be added to PYAEMIA?
- PYAEMIA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of PYAEMIA:
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