ACUTE is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. ACUTE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ACUTE?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ACUTE is to know. It scores 7 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ACUTE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ACUTE scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in ACUTE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 14,523.
What does ACUTE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Sharp, severe, or intense, often used of pain or an illness that develops quickly, or, of an angle, measuring less than ninety degrees.
An acute illness starts suddenly and reaches a crisis quickly, in contrast to a chronic condition that lingers for a long time. Acute can also describe a feeling, such as acute embarrassment or acute hunger, that is unusually strong. In geometry the same word names an angle smaller than ninety degrees, and a person with acute hearing or eyesight is said to have an unusually keen sense.
How ACUTE is used
Common across medical, everyday, and mathematical contexts, always suggesting sharpness or intensity.
- The doctor diagnosed an acute infection rather than a chronic one.
- She felt acute embarrassment after the mistake.
- The triangle contained three acute angles.
- His acute hearing let him catch the faintest sound.
- The patient was rushed to hospital with acute abdominal pain.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ACUTE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ACUTE
6 longer words begin with ACUTE.
Words ending in ACUTE
5 words end in ACUTE. Useful as a back hook: play ACUTE onto a word already on the board.
Words with ACUTE inside
2 words contain ACUTE in the middle. Words that start with ACUTE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in ACUTE
Common questions about ACUTE
- Is ACUTE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ACUTE, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ACUTE worth?
- ACUTE is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ACUTE mean?
- Sharp, severe, or intense, often used of pain or an illness that develops quickly, or, of an angle, measuring less than ninety degrees.
- What letters can be added to ACUTE?
- ACUTE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of ACUTE:
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