ACRASIN is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. ACRASIN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ACRASIN?
| 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: 50 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ACRASIN is to know. It scores 9 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ACRASIN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
acrasinsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ACRASIN scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in ACRASIN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 171,549.
What stands out about ACRASIN
- The same 7 tiles also spell 3 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does ACRASIN mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A chemical signal released by cells of certain slime moulds that draws the separate cells together into a cluster.
Biologists use acrasin when discussing how single-celled organisms coordinate without any central control. The word turns up mostly in textbooks on cell communication and the life cycle of slime moulds.
How ACRASIN is used
Acrasin is a specialist term of cell biology and rarely appears outside scientific writing.
- The amoebae streamed toward the source of acrasin and piled up into a mound.
- Researchers measured how much acrasin each cell released during starvation.
- A lecture on slime moulds began with the discovery of acrasin.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ACRASIN and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ACRASIN
The 7 tiles of ACRASIN in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with ACRASIN
1 longer words begin with ACRASIN.
Shorter words from the letters in ACRASIN
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Common questions about ACRASIN
- Is ACRASIN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ACRASIN, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ACRASIN worth?
- ACRASIN is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ACRASIN mean?
- A chemical signal released by cells of certain slime moulds that draws the separate cells together into a cluster.
- What letters can be added to ACRASIN?
- ACRASIN takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of ACRASIN:
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