ACADEMIA is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. ACADEMIA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ACADEMIA?
| 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: 45 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ACADEMIA is to know. It scores 13 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ACADEMIA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
academiasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ACADEMIA scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in ACADEMIA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 3 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ACADEMIA has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about ACADEMIA
- ACADEMIA 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 ACADEMIA mean in Scrabble?
noun
The world of universities and scholars, with their research and teaching.
Academia stands for the whole community of professors, students, and researchers rather than one school. People talk about leaving academia for industry, or about the pressure to publish.
How ACADEMIA is used
Used with no article, as in a career in academia.
- After her doctorate she stayed on in academia for ten years.
- Many ideas born in academia end up in everyday products.
- He left academia to write novels.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ACADEMIA and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ACADEMIA
1 longer words begin with ACADEMIA.
Shorter words from the letters in ACADEMIA
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Common questions about ACADEMIA
- Is ACADEMIA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ACADEMIA, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ACADEMIA worth?
- ACADEMIA is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ACADEMIA mean?
- The world of universities and scholars, with their research and teaching.
- What letters can be added to ACADEMIA?
- ACADEMIA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of ACADEMIA:
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