sleeping sickness

NOUN
17 LETTERS · 3 SYLLABLES · STARTS WITH S

sleeping sickness is a valid 17-letter word worth 25 points in Scrabble and 31 points in Words with Friends.

SCRABBLE WORDS WITH FRIENDS
S1L1E1E1P3I1N1G2S1I1C3K5N1E1S1S1
1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 3 + 1 + 1 + 2 + 0 + 1 + 1 + 3 + 5 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 =25 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 50TRIPLE WORD → 75
MEANING

What does sleeping sickness mean?

NOUN · 1 SENSE
1

An encephalitis that was epidemic between 1915 and 1926; symptoms include paralysis of the extrinsic eye muscle and extreme muscular weakness.