ACHOLIA is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. ACHOLIA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ACHOLIA?
| 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: 53 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ACHOLIA is to know. It scores 12 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ACHOLIA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
acholiasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ACHOLIA scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in ACHOLIA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 385,985.
What stands out about ACHOLIA
- ACHOLIA begins and ends with the same letter.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does ACHOLIA mean in Scrabble?
noun
medical
A lack of bile, or a failure of bile to reach the intestine.
Without bile the body struggles to digest fats, so acholia shows up in pale stools and poor absorption. Physicians mostly speak of its causes, such as a blocked bile duct or a failing liver, rather than treating the word as a disease of its own.
How ACHOLIA is used
Acholia is a medical term found in clinical and older textbooks.
- The doctor suspected acholia when the stools were almost white.
- Acholia can follow a blockage in the bile duct.
- The textbook listed acholia among the signs of liver trouble.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ACHOLIA and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ACHOLIA
1 longer words begin with ACHOLIA.
Shorter words from the letters in ACHOLIA
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Common questions about ACHOLIA
- Is ACHOLIA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ACHOLIA, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ACHOLIA worth?
- ACHOLIA is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ACHOLIA mean?
- A lack of bile, or a failure of bile to reach the intestine.
- What letters can be added to ACHOLIA?
- ACHOLIA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of ACHOLIA:
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