AGRYPNIA is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. AGRYPNIA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept AGRYPNIA?
| 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: 43 / 100
Our own measure of how useful AGRYPNIA is to know. It scores 14 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for AGRYPNIA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
agrypniasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How AGRYPNIA scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in AGRYPNIA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so AGRYPNIA has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about AGRYPNIA
- AGRYPNIA begins and ends with the same letter.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does AGRYPNIA mean in Scrabble?
noun
medicalrare
Inability to sleep; persistent wakefulness.
Agrypnia is an older medical word for severe insomnia, sometimes linked to brain injury or illness. In church use, it can also mean a night vigil before a great feast.
How AGRYPNIA is used
A rare word found in medical history and in religious writing.
- Weeks of agrypnia left the patient exhausted.
- The fever brought on agrypnia.
- The monks kept an agrypnia before Easter.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of AGRYPNIA and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with AGRYPNIA
1 longer words begin with AGRYPNIA.
Shorter words from the letters in AGRYPNIA
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Common questions about AGRYPNIA
- Is AGRYPNIA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts AGRYPNIA, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is AGRYPNIA worth?
- AGRYPNIA is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does AGRYPNIA mean?
- Inability to sleep; persistent wakefulness.
- What letters can be added to AGRYPNIA?
- AGRYPNIA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of AGRYPNIA:
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