black-legged tick
NOUN
17 LETTERS · STARTS WITH B
black-legged tick is a valid 17-letter word worth 32 points in Scrabble and 39 points in Words with Friends.
SCRABBLE
WORDS WITH FRIENDS
B3L1A1C3K5-0L1E1G2G2E1D2T1I1C3K5
3 + 1 + 1 + 3 + 5 + 0 + 1 + 1 + 2 + 2 + 1 + 2 + 0 + 1 + 1 + 3 + 5 =32 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 64TRIPLE WORD → 96
MEANING
What does black-legged tick mean?
NOUN · 1 SENSE
1
Parasitic on mice of genus Peromyscus and bites humans; principal vector for Lyme disease in eastern United States (especially New England); northern form was for a time known as Ixodes dammini (deer tick).
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