ANABOLIC is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. ANABOLIC 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 ANABOLIC?
| 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 ANABOLIC is to know. It scores 12 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ANABOLIC
No single letter turns ANABOLIC into another word.
How ANABOLIC scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in ANABOLIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ANABOLIC has to be built on the board across turns.
What does ANABOLIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Relating to the building up of complex substances in the body from simpler ones, as in muscle growth.
Anabolic processes store energy and construct tissue, in contrast to catabolic ones that break things down. In the news the word is best known from anabolic steroids, drugs banned in sport.
How ANABOLIC is used
Anabolic is used in biology, nutrition, and in talk of banned steroids.
- Anabolic steroids can damage the liver.
- Growth is an anabolic process.
- The athlete was banned after an anabolic drug test.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ANABOLIC and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
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Common questions about ANABOLIC
- Is ANABOLIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ANABOLIC, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ANABOLIC worth?
- ANABOLIC is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ANABOLIC mean?
- Relating to the building up of complex substances in the body from simpler ones, as in muscle growth.
- What letters can be added to ANABOLIC?
- No single letter can be added to ANABOLIC to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of ANABOLIC:
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