ADDUCENT is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. ADDUCENT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ADDUCENT?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
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| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ADDUCENT is to know. It scores 12 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ADDUCENT
No single letter turns ADDUCENT into another word.
How ADDUCENT scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in ADDUCENT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| d | 2 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ADDUCENT has to be built on the board across turns.
What does ADDUCENT mean in Scrabble?
adjective
medical
Drawing inward toward the midline of the body, as certain muscles do.
Adducent is the opposite of abducent and describes muscles that pull a limb toward the body. The word is old and anatomical, and modern texts prefer adductor for the muscle itself.
How ADDUCENT is used
Adducent is a rare anatomical adjective found in older medical writing.
- An adducent muscle pulls the arm back toward the side.
- The text described the adducent action of the thigh muscles.
- The adducent force closed the animal's claw.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ADDUCENT and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in ADDUCENT
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Common questions about ADDUCENT
- Is ADDUCENT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ADDUCENT, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ADDUCENT worth?
- ADDUCENT is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ADDUCENT mean?
- Drawing inward toward the midline of the body, as certain muscles do.
- What letters can be added to ADDUCENT?
- No single letter can be added to ADDUCENT to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of ADDUCENT:
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