ACRONYM is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. ACRONYM is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ACRONYM?
| 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: 56 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ACRONYM is to know. It scores 14 from 7 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ACRONYM
Front hooks — 1
bacronymBack hooks — 1
acronymsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ACRONYM scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in ACRONYM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 771,970.
What does ACRONYM mean in Scrabble?
noun
A word made from the first letters of other words and pronounced as a word.
NASA and radar are classic examples, because people say them as ordinary words rather than spelling out letters. Strictly, an acronym differs from an initialism like FBI, though many people use the term for both.
How ACRONYM is used
Acronym is a general language term used in schooling, business and technology.
- Scuba began as an acronym for a diving apparatus.
- The team chose an acronym that was easy to say aloud.
- Every government report seems to invent a new acronym.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ACRONYM and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ACRONYM
6 longer words begin with ACRONYM.
Shorter words from the letters in ACRONYM
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Common questions about ACRONYM
- Is ACRONYM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ACRONYM, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ACRONYM worth?
- ACRONYM is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ACRONYM mean?
- A word made from the first letters of other words and pronounced as a word.
- What letters can be added to ACRONYM?
- ACRONYM takes 2 hooks: 1 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of ACRONYM:
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