MALARIA

What MALARIA Means

1. noun: an infective disease caused by sporozoan parasites that are transmitted through the bite of an infected Anopheles mosquito; marked by paroxysms of chills and fever

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

MALARIA is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 9 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as M3 A1 L1 A1 R1 I1 A1.

At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 59 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.

Words Made From The Letters In MALARIA

62 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.

6 letter words (1)

5 letter words (7)

4 letter words (25)

3 letter words (20)

2 letter words (9)

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