ACCELERATOR is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. ACCELERATOR is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ACCELERATOR?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ACCELERATOR is to know. It scores 15 from 11 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ACCELERATOR
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ACCELERATOR scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in ACCELERATOR, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| c | 2 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ACCELERATOR has to be built on the board across turns.
What does ACCELERATOR mean in Scrabble?
noun
A device or thing that makes something go faster, such as the pedal that controls a vehicle's speed.
Besides the pedal in a car, an accelerator can be a machine that drives particles to high speeds for physics experiments, or a chemical that speeds up a reaction. Business accelerators are programmes that help new companies grow quickly.
How ACCELERATOR is used
Accelerator is used in driving, physics, chemistry and the start-up world.
- He pressed the accelerator and the car surged forward.
- The particle accelerator is several kilometres long.
- A chemical accelerator makes the glue set faster.
- The start-up joined a well-known accelerator in the spring.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ACCELERATOR and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ACCELERATOR
2 longer words begin with ACCELERATOR.
Shorter words from the letters in ACCELERATOR
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Common questions about ACCELERATOR
- Is ACCELERATOR valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ACCELERATOR, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ACCELERATOR worth?
- ACCELERATOR is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ACCELERATOR mean?
- A device or thing that makes something go faster, such as the pedal that controls a vehicle's speed.
- What letters can be added to ACCELERATOR?
- ACCELERATOR takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of ACCELERATOR:
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