ANADIPLOSIS is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. ANADIPLOSIS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ANADIPLOSIS?
| 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: 27 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ANADIPLOSIS is to know. It scores 14 from 11 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ANADIPLOSIS
No single letter turns ANADIPLOSIS into another word.
How ANADIPLOSIS scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in ANADIPLOSIS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ANADIPLOSIS has to be built on the board across turns.
What does ANADIPLOSIS mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A figure of speech in which a clause begins with the word that ended the clause before it.
Anadiplosis creates a chain effect, as in fear leads to anger, anger leads to hate. Speakers use it to build momentum and to link one idea tightly to the next.
How ANADIPLOSIS is used
Anadiplosis is a term from rhetoric and stylistics, mostly met in classrooms and writing guides.
- Yoda uses anadiplosis when he links fear to anger and hate.
- The poem builds its rhythm through anadiplosis.
- Teachers often explain anadiplosis with famous speeches.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ANADIPLOSIS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in ANADIPLOSIS
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Common questions about ANADIPLOSIS
- Is ANADIPLOSIS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ANADIPLOSIS, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ANADIPLOSIS worth?
- ANADIPLOSIS is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ANADIPLOSIS mean?
- A figure of speech in which a clause begins with the word that ended the clause before it.
- What letters can be added to ANADIPLOSIS?
- No single letter can be added to ANADIPLOSIS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of ANADIPLOSIS:
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