sweating sickness

NOUN
17 LETTERS · 3 SYLLABLES · STARTS WITH S

sweating sickness is a valid 17-letter word worth 26 points in Scrabble and 30 points in Words with Friends.

SCRABBLE WORDS WITH FRIENDS
S1W4E1A1T1I1N1G2S1I1C3K5N1E1S1S1
1 + 4 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 2 + 0 + 1 + 1 + 3 + 5 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 =26 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 52TRIPLE WORD → 78
MEANING

What does sweating sickness mean?

NOUN · 1 SENSE
1

Epidemic in the 15th and 16th centuries and characterized by profuse sweating and high mortality.