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VACCINIA

8 letters, 15 points in Scrabble, 4 vowels

What VACCINIA Means

  1. noun: a local infection induced in humans by inoculation with the virus causing cowpox in order to confer resistance to smallpox; normally lasts three weeks and leaves a pitted scar
  2. noun: a viral disease of cattle causing a mild skin disease affecting the udder; formerly used to inoculate humans against smallpox

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Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

VACCINIA is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 15 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as V4 A1 C3 C3 I1 N1 I1 A1.

Words Made From The Letters In VACCINIA

33 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.

7 letter words (1)

6 letter words (3)

5 letter words (5)

4 letter words (8)

3 letter words (11)

2 letter words (5)

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