ACROPETAL is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. ACROPETAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ACROPETAL?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ACROPETAL is to know. It scores 13 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ACROPETAL
No single letter turns ACROPETAL into another word.
How ACROPETAL scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in ACROPETAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ACROPETAL has to be built on the board across turns.
What does ACROPETAL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
botany
Developing or moving upward from the base toward the tip of a plant.
In an acropetal flower cluster the oldest blooms sit at the bottom and the youngest at the top. The opposite pattern, from tip to base, is called basipetal.
How ACROPETAL is used
A botanical term used for growth order and the movement of substances.
- The spike has an acropetal order of flowering.
- Botanists described acropetal growth in the young shoot.
- Water moves in an acropetal direction through the stem.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ACROPETAL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ACROPETAL
The 9 tiles of ACROPETAL in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with ACROPETAL
1 longer words begin with ACROPETAL.
Shorter words from the letters in ACROPETAL
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Common questions about ACROPETAL
- Is ACROPETAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ACROPETAL, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ACROPETAL worth?
- ACROPETAL is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ACROPETAL mean?
- Developing or moving upward from the base toward the tip of a plant.
- What letters can be added to ACROPETAL?
- No single letter can be added to ACROPETAL to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of ACROPETAL:
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