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EPIDEMICS

9 letters, 16 points in Scrabble, 4 vowels

What EPIDEMICS Means

EPIDEMICS is a form of EPIDEMIC, which means:

  1. noun: a widespread outbreak of an infectious disease; many people are infected at the same time
  2. adjective: (especially of medicine) of disease or anything resembling a disease; attacking or affecting many individuals in a community or a population simultaneously“an epidemic outbreak of influenza”

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

EPIDEMICS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 16 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as E1 P3 I1 D2 E1 M3 I1 C3 S1.

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