ANHEDRAL is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. ANHEDRAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ANHEDRAL?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 42 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ANHEDRAL is to know. It scores 12 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ANHEDRAL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
anhedralsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ANHEDRAL scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in ANHEDRAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ANHEDRAL has to be built on the board across turns.
What does ANHEDRAL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Of a crystal, lacking well-formed flat faces; also, of aircraft wings, sloping downward from the body.
In geology an anhedral crystal has grown in a cramped space and so shows no neat outline. In aviation, anhedral wings droop toward their tips, which makes some fighters more manoeuvrable.
How ANHEDRAL is used
Anhedral appears in mineralogy and in aircraft design.
- Under the microscope the grains looked anhedral.
- The transport plane has anhedral wings above its fuselage.
- Anhedral crystals fill the gaps in the rock.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ANHEDRAL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ANHEDRAL
1 longer words begin with ANHEDRAL.
Shorter words from the letters in ANHEDRAL
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Common questions about ANHEDRAL
- Is ANHEDRAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ANHEDRAL, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ANHEDRAL worth?
- ANHEDRAL is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ANHEDRAL mean?
- Of a crystal, lacking well-formed flat faces; also, of aircraft wings, sloping downward from the body.
- What letters can be added to ANHEDRAL?
- ANHEDRAL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of ANHEDRAL:
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