ACARPOUS is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. ACARPOUS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ACARPOUS?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ACARPOUS is to know. It scores 12 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ACARPOUS
No single letter turns ACARPOUS into another word.
How ACARPOUS scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in ACARPOUS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ACARPOUS has to be built on the board across turns.
What does ACARPOUS mean in Scrabble?
adjective
botany
Producing no fruit; barren.
Acarpous is a botanical word that can also be stretched to describe fruitless efforts. A plant that is acarpous may be sterile by nature, or may simply fail to set fruit in a bad year.
How ACARPOUS is used
Acarpous is rare and technical, found in botany and in the occasional figurative remark.
- The acarpous tree flowered each spring but never bore fruit.
- Gardeners removed the acarpous branches from the vine.
- He called their plan acarpous, since it had produced nothing.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ACARPOUS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in ACARPOUS
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Common questions about ACARPOUS
- Is ACARPOUS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ACARPOUS, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ACARPOUS worth?
- ACARPOUS is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ACARPOUS mean?
- Producing no fruit; barren.
- What letters can be added to ACARPOUS?
- No single letter can be added to ACARPOUS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of ACARPOUS:
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