SCLEROMALACIA
19
Definition
noun
- (medicine) Degenerative thinning of the sclera."Myopia has many pages devoted to it. The author regards as the primary cause of this disease an abnormal extensibility and stretching of the sclera, that there is a sort of scleromalacia, analagous to osteomalacia, which develops in some persons during the period of their growth, recovers spontaneously in many cases, leaves behind an elongation of the axis of the eye, but lasts for decades in the malignant cases, and occurs sometimes in one eye alone."
- (medicine) A very rare ophthalmic manifestation seen in rheumatoid arthritis.
Source: Kaikki
Word Details
- Length
- 13 letters
- Scrabble Points
- 19 points
Word Games
- Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL)
- No
- Scrabble UK (SOWPODS)
- Yes
- Wordle
- No
- Words With Friends
- No
How many Scrabble points is the word 'SCLEROMALACIA'?
The word SCLEROMALACIA is worth 19 points in Scrabble.
S1
C3
L1
E1
R1
O1
M3
A1
L1
A1
C3
I1
A1
Total: 19 points
How many letters is the word 'SCLEROMALACIA'?
The word SCLEROMALACIA has 13 letters.
What's the difference between Scrabble and Words With Friends points?
While many letters share the same point values, there are several key differences between Scrabble and Words With Friends point values:
- B, C, M, P: Worth 3 points in Scrabble, but 4 points in Words With Friends
- H, Y: Worth 4 points in Scrabble, but 3 points in Words With Friends
- L, N, U: Worth 1 point in Scrabble, but 2 points in Words With Friends
- V: Worth 4 points in Scrabble, but 5 points in Words With Friends
- J: Worth 8 points in Scrabble, but 10 points in Words With Friends
Note: These are base letter values. Actual game scores also depend on bonus squares (Double/Triple Letter/Word) and board placement, which differ between the two games. See the complete Scrabble point values and Words With Friends point values for full reference.