ACATALECTIC is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. ACATALECTIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 21 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ACATALECTIC?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ACATALECTIC is to know. It scores 17 from 11 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ACATALECTIC
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
acatalecticsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ACATALECTIC scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in ACATALECTIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 3 | 9 |
| c | 3 | 2 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
The Scrabble bag does not hold enough of these letters. ACATALECTIC needs 1 blank tile.
What does ACATALECTIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Of a line of verse: having its full number of syllables, with nothing missing at the end.
An acatalectic line completes its last foot, unlike a catalectic line, which stops a syllable short. Students of metre meet the term when scanning poems.
How ACATALECTIC is used
Used in prosody and poetry analysis.
- The poet wrote an acatalectic line.
- This stanza is acatalectic throughout.
- Scan the verse to see if it is acatalectic.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ACATALECTIC and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ACATALECTIC
1 longer words begin with ACATALECTIC.
Shorter words from the letters in ACATALECTIC
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Common questions about ACATALECTIC
- Is ACATALECTIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ACATALECTIC, where it scores 21 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ACATALECTIC worth?
- ACATALECTIC is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 21 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ACATALECTIC mean?
- Of a line of verse: having its full number of syllables, with nothing missing at the end.
- What letters can be added to ACATALECTIC?
- ACATALECTIC takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of ACATALECTIC:
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