ANATROPOUS is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. ANATROPOUS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ANATROPOUS?
| 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: 26 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ANATROPOUS is to know. It scores 12 from 10 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ANATROPOUS
No single letter turns ANATROPOUS into another word.
How ANATROPOUS scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in ANATROPOUS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ANATROPOUS has to be built on the board across turns.
What does ANATROPOUS mean in Scrabble?
adjective
botanytechnical
Describing a plant ovule that is turned over so its opening lies next to its stalk.
In many flowering plants the ovule bends back on itself early in development, and botanists call that anatropous. It contrasts with orthotropous ovules, which stay straight along the line of the stalk.
How ANATROPOUS is used
Used in botany and plant anatomy.
- Most flowering plants have an anatropous ovule.
- The diagram showed an anatropous seed primordium.
- Anatropous ovules curve back toward the stalk.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ANATROPOUS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
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Common questions about ANATROPOUS
- Is ANATROPOUS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ANATROPOUS, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ANATROPOUS worth?
- ANATROPOUS is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ANATROPOUS mean?
- Describing a plant ovule that is turned over so its opening lies next to its stalk.
- What letters can be added to ANATROPOUS?
- No single letter can be added to ANATROPOUS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of ANATROPOUS:
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