sleepy sickness

NOUN
15 LETTERS · STARTS WITH S

sleepy sickness is a valid 15-letter word worth 25 points in Scrabble and 28 points in Words with Friends.

SCRABBLE WORDS WITH FRIENDS
S1L1E1E1P3Y4S1I1C3K5N1E1S1S1
1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 3 + 4 + 0 + 1 + 1 + 3 + 5 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 =25 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 50TRIPLE WORD → 75
MEANING

What does sleepy 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.