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ERGOTISMS

9 letters, 12 points in Scrabble, 3 vowels

What ERGOTISMS Means

ERGOTISMS is a form of ERGOTISM, which means:

  1. noun: poisoning by ingestion of ergot-infected grain products; characterized by thirst and diarrhea and nausea and cramping and vomiting and abnormal cardiac rhythms; in severe cases it can cause seizures and gangrene of the limbs

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

ERGOTISMS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 12 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as E1 R1 G2 O1 T1 I1 S1 M3 S1.

Words Made From The Letters In ERGOTISMS

512 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.

8 letter words (8)

7 letter words (37)

6 letter words (84)

5 letter words (132)

4 letter words (149)

3 letter words (78)

2 letter words (24)

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