SAPREMIA is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. SAPREMIA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SAPREMIA?
| 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: 43 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SAPREMIA is to know. It scores 12 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SAPREMIA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
sapremiasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SAPREMIA scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in SAPREMIA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SAPREMIA has to be built on the board across turns.
What does SAPREMIA mean in Scrabble?
noun
medical
Blood poisoning caused by toxins from bacteria feeding on dead tissue.
Doctors once diagnosed sapremia in patients with gangrene or retained afterbirth, where rotting matter released poisons into the blood. The word is American; the British spelling is sapraemia.
How SAPREMIA is used
An older medical term, still found in dictionaries and pathology texts.
- The old medical text described sapremia after a deep wound.
- Untreated gangrene may lead to sapremia.
- A fever and weak pulse pointed towards sapremia.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SAPREMIA and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SAPREMIA
The 8 tiles of SAPREMIA in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with SAPREMIA
1 longer words begin with SAPREMIA.
Shorter words from the letters in SAPREMIA
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Common questions about SAPREMIA
- Is SAPREMIA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SAPREMIA, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SAPREMIA worth?
- SAPREMIA is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SAPREMIA mean?
- Blood poisoning caused by toxins from bacteria feeding on dead tissue.
- What letters can be added to SAPREMIA?
- SAPREMIA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of SAPREMIA:
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