ANTIAIRCRAFT is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. ANTIAIRCRAFT 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 ANTIAIRCRAFT?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ANTIAIRCRAFT is to know. It scores 17 from 12 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ANTIAIRCRAFT
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
antiaircraftsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ANTIAIRCRAFT scores
Face value of the 12 tiles in ANTIAIRCRAFT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 3 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| f | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ANTIAIRCRAFT has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about ANTIAIRCRAFT
- ANTIAIRCRAFT runs three vowels in a row, which almost no English word does.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does ANTIAIRCRAFT mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Designed to defend against attack from the air by shooting at enemy planes or missiles.
Antiaircraft equipment is built to point upward, unlike ordinary field guns. The term covers guns, missiles and the fire they produce, and it often appears with the word battery.
How ANTIAIRCRAFT is used
Used in military and historical contexts, usually before a noun such as gun, fire or defence.
- Antiaircraft guns lined the harbour wall.
- The bombers met heavy antiaircraft fire over the city.
- A new antiaircraft missile was tested in the desert.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ANTIAIRCRAFT and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ANTIAIRCRAFT
1 longer words begin with ANTIAIRCRAFT.
Shorter words from the letters in ANTIAIRCRAFT
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Common questions about ANTIAIRCRAFT
- Is ANTIAIRCRAFT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ANTIAIRCRAFT, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ANTIAIRCRAFT worth?
- ANTIAIRCRAFT is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ANTIAIRCRAFT mean?
- Designed to defend against attack from the air by shooting at enemy planes or missiles.
- What letters can be added to ANTIAIRCRAFT?
- ANTIAIRCRAFT takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 12 letters of ANTIAIRCRAFT:
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