ANAPHASIC is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. ANAPHASIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ANAPHASIC?
| 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 ANAPHASIC is to know. It scores 16 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ANAPHASIC
No single letter turns ANAPHASIC into another word.
How ANAPHASIC scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in ANAPHASIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 3 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ANAPHASIC has to be built on the board across turns.
What does ANAPHASIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technicalbotany
Belonging to the phase of cell division in which the separated chromosomes are pulled toward opposite ends of the cell.
Biology students meet anaphasic stages when they study dividing cells under a microscope. The word narrows a description to one moment in the sequence, between the lining-up of chromosomes and the pinching of the cell in two.
How ANAPHASIC is used
Used in cell biology to describe cells, spindles or movements seen during the anaphase stage.
- Under the microscope the anaphasic cell showed two clear sets of chromosomes moving apart.
- The lab report compared anaphasic spindle fibres in onion root tips.
- An anaphasic delay can signal that a cell is struggling to divide properly.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ANAPHASIC and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in ANAPHASIC
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Common questions about ANAPHASIC
- Is ANAPHASIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ANAPHASIC, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ANAPHASIC worth?
- ANAPHASIC is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ANAPHASIC mean?
- Belonging to the phase of cell division in which the separated chromosomes are pulled toward opposite ends of the cell.
- What letters can be added to ANAPHASIC?
- No single letter can be added to ANAPHASIC to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of ANAPHASIC:
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