AMAUROTIC is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. AMAUROTIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept AMAUROTIC?
| 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 AMAUROTIC is to know. It scores 13 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for AMAUROTIC
No single letter turns AMAUROTIC into another word.
How AMAUROTIC scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in AMAUROTIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so AMAUROTIC has to be built on the board across turns.
What does AMAUROTIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
medicalrare
Relating to amaurosis, a loss of sight with no visible damage to the eye.
Amaurotic is a clinical word, most often seen in the term amaurotic idiocy from older medical texts. It signals that the fault lies in the nerves or brain rather than the eye itself.
How AMAUROTIC is used
Technical and rare, mostly in older medical writing.
- The doctor noted an amaurotic pupil.
- Amaurotic blindness has several nerve-related causes.
- The case history described an amaurotic patient.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of AMAUROTIC and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in AMAUROTIC
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Common questions about AMAUROTIC
- Is AMAUROTIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts AMAUROTIC, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is AMAUROTIC worth?
- AMAUROTIC is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does AMAUROTIC mean?
- Relating to amaurosis, a loss of sight with no visible damage to the eye.
- What letters can be added to AMAUROTIC?
- No single letter can be added to AMAUROTIC to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of AMAUROTIC:
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