AKEBIA is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. AKEBIA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept AKEBIA?
| 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: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful AKEBIA is to know. It scores 12 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for AKEBIA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
akebiasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How AKEBIA scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in AKEBIA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 153,299.
What stands out about AKEBIA
- AKEBIA 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 AKEBIA mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
A climbing shrub native to East Asia, with divided leaves, small purplish flowers and sausage-shaped fruit.
Gardeners grow the akebia as a fast, twining cover for fences and pergolas, and some kinds are called chocolate vine for the scent of their blooms. The name was taken into English from Japanese, where the plant is called akebi. Its fleshy pods split open when ripe, revealing sweet white pulp that is eaten in Japan.
How AKEBIA is used
A horticultural term; found in plant catalogues and garden writing.
- An akebia covered the old garden wall within two summers.
- The akebia flowers in spring with a faint chocolate scent.
- She trained the akebia along a wire frame.
- Few gardeners get an akebia to set fruit in cool climates.
- The nursery sold a purple-flowered akebia in a large pot.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of AKEBIA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with AKEBIA
1 longer words begin with AKEBIA.
Shorter words from the letters in AKEBIA
Common questions about AKEBIA
- Is AKEBIA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts AKEBIA, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is AKEBIA worth?
- AKEBIA is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does AKEBIA mean?
- A climbing shrub native to East Asia, with divided leaves, small purplish flowers and sausage-shaped fruit.
- What letters can be added to AKEBIA?
- AKEBIA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of AKEBIA:
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