ACROSTIC is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. ACROSTIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ACROSTIC?
| 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 ACROSTIC 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 ACROSTIC
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
acrosticsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ACROSTIC scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in ACROSTIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| c | 2 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ACROSTIC has to be built on the board across turns.
What does ACROSTIC mean in Scrabble?
noun
literary
A poem or puzzle in which the first letters of the lines spell out a word or message.
Poets have written an acrostic to hide a name or a motto down the left margin of a poem. Puzzle makers use the same trick, and a reader finds the secret by reading the initial letters downward.
How ACROSTIC is used
Acrostic is used about poems, puzzles and clues in which hidden words are formed by letters.
- She wrote an acrostic that spelled out her sister's name.
- The first letters of each line form an acrostic.
- Solving the acrostic revealed the hidden slogan.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ACROSTIC and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ACROSTIC
3 longer words begin with ACROSTIC.
Shorter words from the letters in ACROSTIC
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Common questions about ACROSTIC
- Is ACROSTIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ACROSTIC, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ACROSTIC worth?
- ACROSTIC is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ACROSTIC mean?
- A poem or puzzle in which the first letters of the lines spell out a word or message.
- What letters can be added to ACROSTIC?
- ACROSTIC takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of ACROSTIC:
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