ACARIDAN is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. ACARIDAN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ACARIDAN?
| 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: 42 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ACARIDAN is to know. It scores 11 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ACARIDAN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
acaridansChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ACARIDAN scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in ACARIDAN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 3 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ACARIDAN has to be built on the board across turns.
What does ACARIDAN mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
A member of the group of small arachnids that includes mites and ticks.
An acaridan belongs to the order of tiny eight-legged creatures studied in the science of acarology. Most are microscopic, living in soil, stored food, plants or on other animals. The word is rarer than its close relatives acarid and acarine.
How ACARIDAN is used
Acaridan is a zoological term that rarely appears outside scientific writing.
- Under the microscope the acaridan looked like a pale pearl with legs.
- Each acaridan in the flour sample was counted by hand.
- The student wrote her thesis on a single acaridan species.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ACARIDAN and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ACARIDAN
The 8 tiles of ACARIDAN in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with ACARIDAN
1 longer words begin with ACARIDAN.
Shorter words from the letters in ACARIDAN
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Common questions about ACARIDAN
- Is ACARIDAN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ACARIDAN, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ACARIDAN worth?
- ACARIDAN is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ACARIDAN mean?
- A member of the group of small arachnids that includes mites and ticks.
- What letters can be added to ACARIDAN?
- ACARIDAN takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of ACARIDAN:
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