encephalitis
NOUN
/ɛn,sɛfə'laɪtɪs/
12 LETTERS · 5 SYLLABLES · STARTS WITH E
encephalitis is a valid 12-letter word worth 19 points in Scrabble and 22 points in Words with Friends.
SCRABBLE
WORDS WITH FRIENDS
E1N1C3E1P3H4A1L1I1T1I1S1
1 + 1 + 3 + 1 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 =19 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 38TRIPLE WORD → 57
MEANING
What does encephalitis mean?
NOUN · 1 SENSE
1
Inflammation of the brain usually caused by a virus; symptoms include headache and neck pain and drowsiness and nausea and fever (`phrenitis' is no longer in scientific use).
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