index case
NOUN
10 LETTERS · STARTS WITH I
index case is a valid 10-letter word worth 19 points in Scrabble and 21 points in Words with Friends.
SCRABBLE
WORDS WITH FRIENDS
I1N1D2E1X8C3A1S1E1
1 + 1 + 2 + 1 + 8 + 0 + 3 + 1 + 1 + 1 =19 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 38TRIPLE WORD → 57
MEANING
What does index case mean?
NOUN · 1 SENSE
1
The earliest documented case of a disease that is included in an epidemiological study.
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