ABSCISIN is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. ABSCISIN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ABSCISIN?
| 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: 43 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ABSCISIN is to know. It scores 12 from 8 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ABSCISIN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ABSCISIN scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in ABSCISIN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ABSCISIN has to be built on the board across turns.
What does ABSCISIN mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
A plant hormone that promotes the shedding of leaves and fruit and helps a plant cope with stress.
Abscisin is the older name for what botanists now usually call abscisic acid. It was first found in cotton bolls and in dormant buds, and it takes part in closing leaf pores during drought.
How ABSCISIN is used
Abscisin is an older technical name in plant biology, now mostly replaced by abscisic acid.
- Early researchers isolated abscisin from young cotton bolls.
- A rise in abscisin helps a tree drop its leaves in autumn.
- The textbook explained how abscisin affects dormancy in seeds.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ABSCISIN and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ABSCISIN
2 longer words begin with ABSCISIN.
Shorter words from the letters in ABSCISIN
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Common questions about ABSCISIN
- Is ABSCISIN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ABSCISIN, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ABSCISIN worth?
- ABSCISIN is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ABSCISIN mean?
- A plant hormone that promotes the shedding of leaves and fruit and helps a plant cope with stress.
- What letters can be added to ABSCISIN?
- ABSCISIN takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of ABSCISIN:
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