ACHENIAL is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. ACHENIAL 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 ACHENIAL?
| 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: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ACHENIAL is to know. It scores 13 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ACHENIAL
No single letter turns ACHENIAL into another word.
How ACHENIAL scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in ACHENIAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ACHENIAL has to be built on the board across turns.
What does ACHENIAL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
botany
Relating to an achene, a small dry one-seeded fruit that does not split open.
In plant science, achenial describes features of an achene, the fruit type found in sunflowers and buttercups. The word helps botanists separate such fruits from berries or pods.
How ACHENIAL is used
Technical botany term, found in plant identification texts.
- The achenial wall was thin and dry.
- Botanists noted the achenial structure of the buttercup fruit.
- An achenial type of seed is common in the daisy family.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ACHENIAL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in ACHENIAL
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Common questions about ACHENIAL
- Is ACHENIAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ACHENIAL, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ACHENIAL worth?
- ACHENIAL is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ACHENIAL mean?
- Relating to an achene, a small dry one-seeded fruit that does not split open.
- What letters can be added to ACHENIAL?
- No single letter can be added to ACHENIAL to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of ACHENIAL:
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