UREMIA is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. UREMIA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept UREMIA?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful UREMIA is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for UREMIA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
uremiasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How UREMIA scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in UREMIA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| u | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 25,550.
What does UREMIA mean in Scrabble?
noun
medical
A serious condition in which urea and other waste products build up in the blood because the kidneys are failing.
Healthy kidneys filter nitrogen-containing waste out of the blood and pass it into urine. When they stop doing so, the waste accumulates and the patient may feel nauseous, tired and confused. Uremia is the American spelling; British writers usually put an extra a in the middle.
How UREMIA is used
Medical term; in current clinical writing it is often replaced by descriptions of kidney failure.
- Untreated kidney failure can lead to uremia.
- The patient showed the early signs of uremia.
- Dialysis was started to relieve the uremia.
- Uremia was once a common cause of death in kidney disease.
- The nurse explained how uremia affects the whole body.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of UREMIA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with UREMIA
1 longer words begin with UREMIA.
Shorter words from the letters in UREMIA
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Common questions about UREMIA
- Is UREMIA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts UREMIA, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is UREMIA worth?
- UREMIA is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does UREMIA mean?
- A serious condition in which urea and other waste products build up in the blood because the kidneys are failing.
- What letters can be added to UREMIA?
- UREMIA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of UREMIA:
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