disease D₂I₁S₁E₁A₁S₁E₁

Disease has several related senses: an illness or dysfunction in a person, animal, or plant; a harmful social condition; or uneasiness and trouble. It can also be used as a verb meaning to infect. The word is common in everyday English, while its exact game value comes from its seven tiles, not its meaning.

DISEASE at a glance

• DISEASE has seven letters and scores 8 Scrabble points before board bonuses.
• Its sole anagram is SEASIDE.
• Three one-letter neighbours are DISCASE, DISEUSE, and MISEASE.
• The rhyme list includes PLEASE, RELEASE, and DECREASE.
• The word rhymes with words ending in the sound represented by “ase.”

What does disease mean?

Disease most often names an abnormal condition that causes discomfort or interferes with normal function in a human, animal, or plant. The definition distinguishes disease from an injury, which is usually acquired suddenly. That distinction is part of the word’s meaning, not a rule for deciding whether a play is valid.

The word also works figuratively: a harmful way of life or a damaging social condition can be called a disease. A less common sense is a lack of ease, meaning uneasiness or vexation. As a verb, disease means to infect.

DISEASE Scrabble score and tile values

DISEASE Scrabble score comes to 8 points: D contributes 2, while I, both S tiles, A, and both E tiles contribute 1 each. That is the face-value total before premiums. The repeated S and E tiles make the rack pattern easy to spot, but the single D supplies a quarter of the base score.

SEASIDE is the only anagram, so rearranging all seven letters gives one familiar alternative rather than a long choice of plays. The one-letter neighbours are less everyday: DISCASE, DISEUSE, and MISEASE. Treat those as vocabulary checks, not automatic plays; check your game's word list before relying on an unfamiliar form.