ABIOGENIST is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. ABIOGENIST is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ABIOGENIST?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ABIOGENIST is to know. It scores 13 from 10 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ABIOGENIST
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
abiogenistsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ABIOGENIST scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in ABIOGENIST, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ABIOGENIST has to be built on the board across turns.
What does ABIOGENIST mean in Scrabble?
noun
technicalarchaic
A person who holds that living things can arise from lifeless matter.
An abiogenist belonged to an old scientific camp that accepted spontaneous generation, the idea that maggots could come from rotting meat. Experiments in the nineteenth century moved most researchers away from that view.
How ABIOGENIST is used
Mostly historical, in discussions of old debates about the origin of life.
- The abiogenist argued that mould simply appeared from decaying bread.
- Pasteur's experiments were aimed at every abiogenist of his day.
- A committed abiogenist, he refused to accept the new evidence.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ABIOGENIST and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ABIOGENIST
1 longer words begin with ABIOGENIST.
Shorter words from the letters in ABIOGENIST
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Common questions about ABIOGENIST
- Is ABIOGENIST valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ABIOGENIST, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ABIOGENIST worth?
- ABIOGENIST is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ABIOGENIST mean?
- A person who holds that living things can arise from lifeless matter.
- What letters can be added to ABIOGENIST?
- ABIOGENIST takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of ABIOGENIST:
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