ANABLEPS is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. ANABLEPS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ANABLEPS?
| 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: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ANABLEPS is to know. It scores 12 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ANABLEPS
No single letter turns ANABLEPS into another word.
How ANABLEPS scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in ANABLEPS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ANABLEPS has to be built on the board across turns.
What does ANABLEPS mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
A small freshwater fish of tropical America whose eyes are divided so it can see above and below the water at once.
The anableps swims at the surface with the upper half of each eye in the air, which earns it the nickname "four-eyed fish". Its odd eyes are among the best-known adaptations in the animal world.
How ANABLEPS is used
Anableps names the genus and is also used for the fish itself.
- The anableps skimmed along the surface of the creek.
- A tank at the aquarium holds an anableps.
- Biologists study how the anableps focuses in air and water.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ANABLEPS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ANABLEPS
1 longer words begin with ANABLEPS.
Shorter words from the letters in ANABLEPS
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Common questions about ANABLEPS
- Is ANABLEPS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ANABLEPS, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ANABLEPS worth?
- ANABLEPS is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ANABLEPS mean?
- A small freshwater fish of tropical America whose eyes are divided so it can see above and below the water at once.
- What letters can be added to ANABLEPS?
- No single letter can be added to ANABLEPS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of ANABLEPS:
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