ANHEDONIA is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. ANHEDONIA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ANHEDONIA?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ANHEDONIA is to know. It scores 13 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ANHEDONIA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
anhedoniasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ANHEDONIA scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in ANHEDONIA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ANHEDONIA has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about ANHEDONIA
- ANHEDONIA begins and ends with the same letter.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does ANHEDONIA mean in Scrabble?
noun
medical
The inability to feel pleasure from activities that are normally enjoyable.
Anhedonia is a core symptom of depression and some other conditions, and it can drain the joy from food, music and company alike. It differs from simple sadness because the capacity for enjoyment itself seems switched off.
How ANHEDONIA is used
The noun anhedonia is used in psychiatry, psychology and mental-health writing.
- Anhedonia made even his favourite hobbies feel pointless.
- The clinician asked whether anhedonia had set in.
- Persistent anhedonia is a warning sign of depression.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ANHEDONIA and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ANHEDONIA
1 longer words begin with ANHEDONIA.
Shorter words from the letters in ANHEDONIA
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Common questions about ANHEDONIA
- Is ANHEDONIA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ANHEDONIA, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ANHEDONIA worth?
- ANHEDONIA is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ANHEDONIA mean?
- The inability to feel pleasure from activities that are normally enjoyable.
- What letters can be added to ANHEDONIA?
- ANHEDONIA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of ANHEDONIA:
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