Is GLAUCOMA a word?
GLAUCOMA is a valid word in Scrabble and Words With Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words With Friends, has 8 letters, and can be rearranged into 0 other words, plus 60 shorter words built from the same letters.
Yes, GLAUCOMA is a valid word.
What does glaucoma mean?
noun: an eye disease that damages the optic nerve and impairs vision (sometimes progressing to blindness).
“contrary to popular belief, glaucoma is not always caused by elevated intraocular pressure”
Definition from WordNet, Princeton University.
GLAUCOMA: word details
- Pronunciation: glaw-KOH-muh (approx., 3 syllables)
- Length: 8 letters, a long word. It is one of 40,530 8-letter words in our dictionary.
- Scrabble: worth 13 points on the tiles.
- Words With Friends: worth 18 points on the tiles.
- Games: recognised in the combined word list Unscrambly uses for Scrabble and Words With Friends. Acceptance in official tournament lists (TWL, SOWPODS) can vary.
Shorter words inside glaucoma
Words you can make from the letters of glaucoma.
Solve a whole rack, not just GLAUCOMA
GLAUCOMA is one word. If you are holding tiles rather than looking up a single entry, the Scrabble word finder ranks every play from your rack by points, and the Words With Friends solver scores the same letters with WWF values instead, which changes the order of the list.
Frequently asked questions
What does GLAUCOMA mean?
GLAUCOMA is a noun. It means: an eye disease that damages the optic nerve and impairs vision (sometimes progressing to blindness).
Is GLAUCOMA a valid word?
Yes, GLAUCOMA is a valid word. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words With Friends.
Unscrambly validity is based on a large open English word list used across word games. Word acceptance varies by the exact tournament dictionary in use.