ALLERGENIC is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. ALLERGENIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ALLERGENIC?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
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| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ALLERGENIC is to know. It scores 13 from 10 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ALLERGENIC
No single letter turns ALLERGENIC into another word.
How ALLERGENIC scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in ALLERGENIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ALLERGENIC has to be built on the board across turns.
What does ALLERGENIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
medical
Likely to cause an allergic reaction in sensitive people.
Pollen, dust mites and certain foods are called allergenic because they trigger sneezing, rashes or worse. The word describes the substance, not the patient.
How ALLERGENIC is used
Medical and everyday word for substances that provoke allergies.
- Peanuts are among the most allergenic foods.
- The label warned that the cream contained allergenic ingredients.
- Grass pollen is highly allergenic in early summer.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ALLERGENIC and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ALLERGENIC
2 longer words begin with ALLERGENIC.
Shorter words from the letters in ALLERGENIC
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Common questions about ALLERGENIC
- Is ALLERGENIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ALLERGENIC, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ALLERGENIC worth?
- ALLERGENIC is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ALLERGENIC mean?
- Likely to cause an allergic reaction in sensitive people.
- What letters can be added to ALLERGENIC?
- No single letter can be added to ALLERGENIC to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of ALLERGENIC:
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