AFTERBIRTH is a valid Scrabble word — 18 points
Yes. AFTERBIRTH is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 18 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept AFTERBIRTH?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful AFTERBIRTH is to know. It scores 18 from 10 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for AFTERBIRTH
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
afterbirthsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How AFTERBIRTH scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in AFTERBIRTH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| f | 1 | 2 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so AFTERBIRTH has to be built on the board across turns.
What does AFTERBIRTH mean in Scrabble?
noun
medical
The placenta and membranes that leave the womb shortly after a baby is born.
The afterbirth is the final stage of labour. Midwives check that it has come away whole, because pieces left inside can cause bleeding or infection. Many animals eat it after giving birth.
How AFTERBIRTH is used
Used in medical, farming and midwifery contexts for the tissue delivered after the baby or young animal.
- The midwife examined the afterbirth carefully.
- The mare passed the afterbirth within an hour.
- A retained afterbirth can lead to complications.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of AFTERBIRTH and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with AFTERBIRTH
1 longer words begin with AFTERBIRTH.
Shorter words from the letters in AFTERBIRTH
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Common questions about AFTERBIRTH
- Is AFTERBIRTH valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts AFTERBIRTH, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is AFTERBIRTH worth?
- AFTERBIRTH is worth 18 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does AFTERBIRTH mean?
- The placenta and membranes that leave the womb shortly after a baby is born.
- What letters can be added to AFTERBIRTH?
- AFTERBIRTH takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of AFTERBIRTH:
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