TRACHOMA is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. TRACHOMA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TRACHOMA?
| 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 TRACHOMA is to know. It scores 15 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TRACHOMA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
trachomasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How TRACHOMA scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in TRACHOMA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so TRACHOMA has to be built on the board across turns.
What does TRACHOMA mean in Scrabble?
noun
medical
A contagious bacterial infection of the eye that roughens the inner eyelids and can scar the cornea, leading to blindness.
Trachoma is one of the world's leading infectious causes of blindness, found mostly where water and sanitation are poor. Repeated infections turn the lids inward so the lashes scrape the eye.
How TRACHOMA is used
Used in medicine and public health when discussing eye disease in poor or dry regions.
- Clean water programmes have helped reduce trachoma in several villages.
- Untreated trachoma can scar the eyelid and damage the cornea.
- The clinic screens children for trachoma every spring.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TRACHOMA and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of TRACHOMA
The 8 tiles of TRACHOMA in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with TRACHOMA
2 longer words begin with TRACHOMA.
Shorter words from the letters in TRACHOMA
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Common questions about TRACHOMA
- Is TRACHOMA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TRACHOMA, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TRACHOMA worth?
- TRACHOMA is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TRACHOMA mean?
- A contagious bacterial infection of the eye that roughens the inner eyelids and can scar the cornea, leading to blindness.
- What letters can be added to TRACHOMA?
- TRACHOMA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of TRACHOMA:
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