ACONITUM is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. ACONITUM is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ACONITUM?
| 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 ACONITUM is to know. It scores 12 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ACONITUM
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
aconitumsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ACONITUM scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in ACONITUM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ACONITUM has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about ACONITUM
- All 8 letters of ACONITUM are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does ACONITUM mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
A genus of poisonous perennial plants, commonly known as monkshood or wolfsbane, or a drug made from them.
Aconitum is the Latin name used in botany and herbal medicine. Every part of the plant is toxic, so the word often comes with warnings about handling it.
How ACONITUM is used
Aconitum is the botanical name, used in gardening, herbal and toxicology texts.
- The border was planted with tall blue aconitum.
- Aconitum has been used as a poison since ancient times.
- Herbalists treat aconitum with great caution.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ACONITUM and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ACONITUM
1 longer words begin with ACONITUM.
Shorter words from the letters in ACONITUM
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Common questions about ACONITUM
- Is ACONITUM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ACONITUM, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ACONITUM worth?
- ACONITUM is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ACONITUM mean?
- A genus of poisonous perennial plants, commonly known as monkshood or wolfsbane, or a drug made from them.
- What letters can be added to ACONITUM?
- ACONITUM takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of ACONITUM:
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