AEROBE is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. AEROBE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept AEROBE?
| 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 AEROBE is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 8.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for AEROBE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
aerobesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How AEROBE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in AEROBE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 20,904.
What does AEROBE mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
An organism, especially a microorganism, that needs oxygen in order to live and grow.
Microbiologists classify bacteria as aerobes if they can only grow where free oxygen is available, in contrast to an anaerobe, which grows without it or is even harmed by its presence. Some bacteria fall between the two extremes and are called facultative, able to switch their metabolism depending on whether oxygen is present. Knowing whether a species is an aerobe helps doctors and researchers decide how to culture it in the laboratory and how it is likely to behave inside the body.
How AEROBE is used
A technical noun from microbiology, almost always used in contrast with anaerobe when describing an organism's oxygen requirements.
- The lab identified the bacterium as a strict aerobe.
- An aerobe will not grow in the sealed, oxygen-free container.
- Unlike an anaerobe, this aerobe thrives on the open agar plate.
- Textbooks list several common human pathogens as aerobes.
- The technician tested whether the sample was an aerobe or not.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of AEROBE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with AEROBE
1 longer words begin with AEROBE.
Shorter words from the letters in AEROBE
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Common questions about AEROBE
- Is AEROBE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts AEROBE, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is AEROBE worth?
- AEROBE is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does AEROBE mean?
- An organism, especially a microorganism, that needs oxygen in order to live and grow.
- What letters can be added to AEROBE?
- AEROBE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of AEROBE:
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