bloodletting
NOUN
/bləd,lɛtɪŋ/
12 LETTERS · 3 SYLLABLES · STARTS WITH B
bloodletting is a valid 12-letter word worth 16 points in Scrabble and 21 points in Words with Friends.
SCRABBLE
WORDS WITH FRIENDS
B3L1O1O1D2L1E1T1T1I1N1G2
3 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 2 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 2 =16 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 32TRIPLE WORD → 48
MEANING
What does bloodletting mean?
NOUN · 2 SENSES
1
Indiscriminate slaughter.
“ten days after the bloodletting Hitler gave the action its name”
SYNONYMS
BROADER
2
Formerly used as a treatment to reduce excess blood (one of the four humors of medieval medicine).
BROADER
NARROWER
AT THE BOARD
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