ANTIGENIC is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. ANTIGENIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ANTIGENIC?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ANTIGENIC is to know. It scores 12 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ANTIGENIC
No single letter turns ANTIGENIC into another word.
How ANTIGENIC scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in ANTIGENIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ANTIGENIC has to be built on the board across turns.
What does ANTIGENIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Able to trigger an immune response, or relating to an antigen.
A molecule is antigenic when the body treats it as foreign and builds antibodies against it. Vaccine makers look for antigenic parts of a germ, and flu viruses escape immunity through antigenic drift.
How ANTIGENIC is used
Common in immunology, vaccine research and discussions of how viruses change.
- The protein on the virus surface is highly antigenic.
- Scientists tracked antigenic changes in this year's flu strain.
- A weakly antigenic substance may need an added booster to work in a vaccine.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ANTIGENIC and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ANTIGENIC
3 longer words begin with ANTIGENIC.
Shorter words from the letters in ANTIGENIC
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Common questions about ANTIGENIC
- Is ANTIGENIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ANTIGENIC, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ANTIGENIC worth?
- ANTIGENIC is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ANTIGENIC mean?
- Able to trigger an immune response, or relating to an antigen.
- What letters can be added to ANTIGENIC?
- No single letter can be added to ANTIGENIC to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of ANTIGENIC:
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