ANTIMITOTIC is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. ANTIMITOTIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ANTIMITOTIC?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ANTIMITOTIC is to know. It scores 15 from 11 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ANTIMITOTIC
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
antimitoticsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ANTIMITOTIC scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in ANTIMITOTIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| t | 3 | 6 |
| i | 3 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ANTIMITOTIC has to be built on the board across turns.
What does ANTIMITOTIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
medical
Inhibiting or stopping mitosis, the process by which a cell divides.
Antimitotic drugs are valuable in cancer treatment because tumour cells divide quickly and are especially hit when division is blocked. The same word can also be used as a noun for such a drug.
How ANTIMITOTIC is used
Antimitotic is used in medicine and cell biology, often in discussions of chemotherapy.
- Colchicine has a strong antimitotic effect on dividing cells.
- The antimitotic agent halted tumour growth in the trial.
- Researchers tested several antimitotic compounds on cultured cells.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ANTIMITOTIC and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ANTIMITOTIC
1 longer words begin with ANTIMITOTIC.
Shorter words from the letters in ANTIMITOTIC
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Common questions about ANTIMITOTIC
- Is ANTIMITOTIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ANTIMITOTIC, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ANTIMITOTIC worth?
- ANTIMITOTIC is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ANTIMITOTIC mean?
- Inhibiting or stopping mitosis, the process by which a cell divides.
- What letters can be added to ANTIMITOTIC?
- ANTIMITOTIC takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of ANTIMITOTIC:
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