AHISTORICAL is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. AHISTORICAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept AHISTORICAL?
| 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: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful AHISTORICAL is to know. It scores 16 from 11 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for AHISTORICAL
No single letter turns AHISTORICAL into another word.
How AHISTORICAL scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in AHISTORICAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so AHISTORICAL has to be built on the board across turns.
What does AHISTORICAL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Lacking any sense of history, or unconcerned with historical development and context.
A claim described as ahistorical ignores how things changed over time, or judges the past by the standards of the present. Critics use the label for arguments that treat a recent habit as if it had always existed.
How AHISTORICAL is used
Used in academic and critical writing about arguments, theories and portrayals of the past.
- The film gives an ahistorical picture of medieval village life.
- Critics called his theory ahistorical because it ignored the changing context.
- It is ahistorical to expect ancient writers to share modern views.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of AHISTORICAL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with AHISTORICAL
1 longer words begin with AHISTORICAL.
Shorter words from the letters in AHISTORICAL
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Common questions about AHISTORICAL
- Is AHISTORICAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts AHISTORICAL, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is AHISTORICAL worth?
- AHISTORICAL is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does AHISTORICAL mean?
- Lacking any sense of history, or unconcerned with historical development and context.
- What letters can be added to AHISTORICAL?
- No single letter can be added to AHISTORICAL to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of AHISTORICAL:
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