ANAEROBIC is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. ANAEROBIC 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 ANAEROBIC?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ANAEROBIC is to know. It scores 13 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ANAEROBIC
No single letter turns ANAEROBIC into another word.
How ANAEROBIC scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in ANAEROBIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ANAEROBIC has to be built on the board across turns.
What does ANAEROBIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Living or occurring without free oxygen, or describing exercise that does not rely on oxygen intake.
Biologists use anaerobic for bacteria that thrive in oxygen-free mud or gut, while trainers use it for short bursts like sprinting. It is the usual opposite of aerobic.
How ANAEROBIC is used
The word anaerobic appears in biology, wastewater treatment and sports science.
- Anaerobic bacteria flourish at the bottom of the swamp.
- Sprinting is an anaerobic activity.
- The anaerobic digester turns farm waste into gas.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ANAEROBIC and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ANAEROBIC
1 longer words begin with ANAEROBIC.
Shorter words from the letters in ANAEROBIC
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Common questions about ANAEROBIC
- Is ANAEROBIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ANAEROBIC, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ANAEROBIC worth?
- ANAEROBIC is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ANAEROBIC mean?
- Living or occurring without free oxygen, or describing exercise that does not rely on oxygen intake.
- What letters can be added to ANAEROBIC?
- No single letter can be added to ANAEROBIC to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of ANAEROBIC:
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