ACADEMICIAN is a valid Scrabble word — 18 points
Yes. ACADEMICIAN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 18 points in Scrabble and 22 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ACADEMICIAN?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ACADEMICIAN is to know. It scores 18 from 11 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ACADEMICIAN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
academiciansChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ACADEMICIAN scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in ACADEMICIAN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 3 | 9 |
| c | 2 | 2 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ACADEMICIAN has to be built on the board across turns.
What does ACADEMICIAN mean in Scrabble?
noun
A member of a learned or artistic academy, or a scholar of high standing.
An academician has usually been elected by peers, as with the Royal Academy of Arts or a national academy of sciences. In some countries the word is a formal title, while elsewhere it simply points to an academic.
How ACADEMICIAN is used
Used for members of academies and, more loosely, for university scholars.
- The academician delivered the opening lecture to a full hall.
- She was elected an academician at the age of fifty.
- Several leading academicians signed the open letter.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ACADEMICIAN and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ACADEMICIAN
1 longer words begin with ACADEMICIAN.
Shorter words from the letters in ACADEMICIAN
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Common questions about ACADEMICIAN
- Is ACADEMICIAN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ACADEMICIAN, where it scores 22 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ACADEMICIAN worth?
- ACADEMICIAN is worth 18 points in Scrabble and 22 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ACADEMICIAN mean?
- A member of a learned or artistic academy, or a scholar of high standing.
- What letters can be added to ACADEMICIAN?
- ACADEMICIAN takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of ACADEMICIAN:
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