PYEMIA is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. PYEMIA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PYEMIA?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PYEMIA is to know. It scores 13 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PYEMIA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
pyemiasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PYEMIA scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in PYEMIA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 153,299.
What does PYEMIA mean in Scrabble?
noun
medical
A serious blood infection in which pus-forming germs travel from a local abscess to settle and form new abscesses elsewhere in the body.
Pyemia is a term from older medical writing, and it still turns up in books on the history of medicine. The name comes from Greek roots meaning pus and blood. It is related to, but not identical with, a more general infection of the blood, because the key feature is the scattering of tiny abscesses. Modern doctors generally speak of sepsis instead.
How PYEMIA is used
Old-fashioned medical term; the British spelling is pyaemia.
- Pyemia was a dreaded diagnosis in older hospital records.
- The surgeon blamed the wound for the pyemia that followed.
- A textbook from 1880 devotes a whole chapter to pyemia.
- Old surgical books describe pyemia in grim detail.
- The doctor wrote the word pyemia in his case notes.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PYEMIA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PYEMIA
1 longer words begin with PYEMIA.
Shorter words from the letters in PYEMIA
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Common questions about PYEMIA
- Is PYEMIA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PYEMIA, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PYEMIA worth?
- PYEMIA is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PYEMIA mean?
- A serious blood infection in which pus-forming germs travel from a local abscess to settle and form new abscesses elsewhere in the body.
- What letters can be added to PYEMIA?
- PYEMIA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of PYEMIA:
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