Is MALARIA a word?
MALARIA is a valid word in Scrabble and Words With Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words With Friends, has 7 letters, and can be rearranged into 0 other words, plus 53 shorter words built from the same letters.
Yes, MALARIA is a valid word.
What does malaria mean?
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.
Definition from WordNet, Princeton University.
MALARIA: word details
- Pronunciation: muh-LEH-ree-uh (approx., 4 syllables)
- Length: 7 letters, a medium-length word. It is one of 33,192 7-letter words in our dictionary.
- Scrabble: worth 9 points on the tiles.
- Words With Friends: worth 11 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 malaria
Words you can make from the letters of malaria.
Solve a whole rack, not just MALARIA
MALARIA 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 MALARIA mean?
MALARIA is a noun. It means: 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.
Is MALARIA a valid word?
Yes, MALARIA is a valid word. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 11 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.