ABRACHIA is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. ABRACHIA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ABRACHIA?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 45 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ABRACHIA is to know. It scores 15 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ABRACHIA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
abrachiasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ABRACHIA scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in ABRACHIA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 3 | 9 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ABRACHIA has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about ABRACHIA
- ABRACHIA begins and ends with the same letter.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does ABRACHIA mean in Scrabble?
noun
medical
The congenital absence of both arms.
Abrachia is a clinical term for a condition present from birth. Doctors distinguish it from amputation, which happens later in life. The word is built from Greek roots meaning without arm.
How ABRACHIA is used
Used in medical and anatomical texts, rarely in everyday talk.
- The case report described a newborn with abrachia.
- Abrachia is rare and usually appears with other conditions.
- The textbook lists abrachia among limb defects.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ABRACHIA and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ABRACHIA
1 longer words begin with ABRACHIA.
Shorter words from the letters in ABRACHIA
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Common questions about ABRACHIA
- Is ABRACHIA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ABRACHIA, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ABRACHIA worth?
- ABRACHIA is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ABRACHIA mean?
- The congenital absence of both arms.
- What letters can be added to ABRACHIA?
- ABRACHIA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of ABRACHIA:
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