AGNATHAN is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. AGNATHAN 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 AGNATHAN?
| 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: 42 / 100
Our own measure of how useful AGNATHAN is to know. It scores 12 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for AGNATHAN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
agnathansChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How AGNATHAN scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in AGNATHAN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 3 | 9 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so AGNATHAN has to be built on the board across turns.
What does AGNATHAN mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
A jawless, eel-like vertebrate, such as a lamprey or hagfish.
An agnathan lacks the hinged jaws of other fish and feeds by sucking or rasping. The group is ancient, and many agnathans known only from fossils swam in early seas.
How AGNATHAN is used
Agnathan is a zoological term used in biology and palaeontology.
- The lamprey is a living agnathan.
- Fossil agnathan fish swam in seas hundreds of millions of years ago.
- An agnathan has no true jaw to bite with.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of AGNATHAN and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with AGNATHAN
1 longer words begin with AGNATHAN.
Shorter words from the letters in AGNATHAN
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Common questions about AGNATHAN
- Is AGNATHAN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts AGNATHAN, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is AGNATHAN worth?
- AGNATHAN is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does AGNATHAN mean?
- A jawless, eel-like vertebrate, such as a lamprey or hagfish.
- What letters can be added to AGNATHAN?
- AGNATHAN takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of AGNATHAN:
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