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LEPROSIES

9 letters, 11 points in Scrabble, 4 vowels

What LEPROSIES Means

LEPROSIES is a form of LEPROSY, which means:

  1. noun: chronic granulomatous communicable disease occurring in tropical and subtropical regions; characterized by inflamed nodules beneath the skin and wasting of body parts; caused by the bacillus Mycobacterium leprae

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

LEPROSIES is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 11 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as L1 E1 P3 R1 O1 S1 I1 E1 S1.

Words Made From The Letters In LEPROSIES

423 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 (3)

7 letter words (27)

6 letter words (77)

5 letter words (124)

4 letter words (115)

3 letter words (58)

2 letter words (19)

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