ANTHERID is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. ANTHERID is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ANTHERID?
| 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: 43 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ANTHERID is to know. It scores 12 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ANTHERID
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
antheridsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ANTHERID scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in ANTHERID, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ANTHERID has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about ANTHERID
- All 8 letters of ANTHERID are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does ANTHERID mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
The male reproductive organ of algae, fungi, mosses and ferns, producing sperm cells.
An antherid is a small sac that releases motile male cells, which swim to the female organ to fertilise it. Flowering plants have anthers instead, so an antherid belongs to simpler plants.
How ANTHERID is used
Antherid is a botanical term found in biology textbooks; antheridium is the usual full form.
- Each antherid on the fern releases swimming sperm.
- The moss bears an antherid at the tip of its shoot.
- Students drew a labelled antherid in the exam.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ANTHERID and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ANTHERID
4 longer words begin with ANTHERID.
Shorter words from the letters in ANTHERID
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Common questions about ANTHERID
- Is ANTHERID valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ANTHERID, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ANTHERID worth?
- ANTHERID is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ANTHERID mean?
- The male reproductive organ of algae, fungi, mosses and ferns, producing sperm cells.
- What letters can be added to ANTHERID?
- ANTHERID takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of ANTHERID:
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