ACALEPHAE is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. ACALEPHAE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ACALEPHAE?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
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| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ACALEPHAE is to know. It scores 16 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ACALEPHAE
No single letter turns ACALEPHAE into another word.
How ACALEPHAE scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in ACALEPHAE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 3 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ACALEPHAE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does ACALEPHAE mean in Scrabble?
noun
technicalzoology
An old zoological group name for jellyfish and similar stinging sea animals.
Older natural history books list the acalephae as a class of soft, transparent marine creatures. The name comes from a Greek word for nettle and recalls their sting.
How ACALEPHAE is used
Dated scientific term; modern biologists usually say cnidarians or medusae.
- The naturalist drew the acalephae he found on the shore.
- Early textbooks describe the acalephae as sea nettles.
- Among the acalephae are the jellyfish seen in warm bays.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ACALEPHAE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in ACALEPHAE
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Common questions about ACALEPHAE
- Is ACALEPHAE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ACALEPHAE, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ACALEPHAE worth?
- ACALEPHAE is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ACALEPHAE mean?
- An old zoological group name for jellyfish and similar stinging sea animals.
- What letters can be added to ACALEPHAE?
- No single letter can be added to ACALEPHAE to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of ACALEPHAE:
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