ANOREXIC is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. ANOREXIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ANOREXIC?
| 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: 51 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ANOREXIC is to know. It scores 17 from 8 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ANOREXIC
Front hooks — 1
tanorexicBack hooks — 1
anorexicsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ANOREXIC scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in ANOREXIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| x | 1 | 1 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ANOREXIC has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about ANOREXIC
- All 8 letters of ANOREXIC are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does ANOREXIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
medical
Suffering from anorexia nervosa, or relating to a lack of appetite.
Anorexic can describe a person with the eating disorder or, loosely, someone extremely thin. Careful writers avoid using it as a casual insult, since it names a serious illness.
How ANOREXIC is used
Used in medical and news contexts; the noun sense means a person with the condition.
- The clinic treats anorexic patients of all ages.
- Some drugs have an anorexic effect.
- She looked anorexic after the long illness.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ANOREXIC and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ANOREXIC
1 longer words begin with ANOREXIC.
Shorter words from the letters in ANOREXIC
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Common questions about ANOREXIC
- Is ANOREXIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ANOREXIC, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ANOREXIC worth?
- ANOREXIC is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ANOREXIC mean?
- Suffering from anorexia nervosa, or relating to a lack of appetite.
- What letters can be added to ANOREXIC?
- ANOREXIC takes 2 hooks: 1 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of ANOREXIC:
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