ACANTHUS is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. ACANTHUS 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 ACANTHUS?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ACANTHUS is to know. It scores 13 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ACANTHUS
No single letter turns ACANTHUS into another word.
How ACANTHUS scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in ACANTHUS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ACANTHUS has to be built on the board across turns.
What does ACANTHUS mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
A plant with large spiny leaves and tall flower spikes, or the carved leaf design copied from it.
Gardeners grow acanthus for its bold, glossy foliage. Architects know it from Corinthian capitals, where stone leaves of acanthus curl round the top of a column.
How ACANTHUS is used
Used in gardening for the plant and in art and architecture for the ornament.
- A clump of acanthus filled the shady corner of the garden.
- The column ended in a ring of carved acanthus.
- Greek craftsmen loved the curling acanthus as a decoration.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ACANTHUS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ACANTHUS
1 longer words begin with ACANTHUS.
Shorter words from the letters in ACANTHUS
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Common questions about ACANTHUS
- Is ACANTHUS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ACANTHUS, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ACANTHUS worth?
- ACANTHUS is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ACANTHUS mean?
- A plant with large spiny leaves and tall flower spikes, or the carved leaf design copied from it.
- What letters can be added to ACANTHUS?
- No single letter can be added to ACANTHUS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of ACANTHUS:
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