ANTIQUATION is a valid Scrabble word — 20 points
Yes. ANTIQUATION is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 20 points in Scrabble and 23 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ANTIQUATION?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ANTIQUATION is to know. It scores 20 from 11 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ANTIQUATION
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
antiquationsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ANTIQUATION scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in ANTIQUATION, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| q | 1 | 1 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ANTIQUATION has to be built on the board across turns.
What does ANTIQUATION mean in Scrabble?
noun
rare
The act of making something old-fashioned, or the condition of having become out of date.
Antiquation is rare and bookish; it names the process by which a custom or tool falls out of use. A newer idea can cause the antiquation of an older one.
How ANTIQUATION is used
Antiquation appears in formal or scholarly writing about customs, laws and technology going out of date.
- The antiquation of the old laws came slowly.
- Rapid invention hastens the antiquation of every machine.
- He wrote about the gradual antiquation of handwritten letters.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ANTIQUATION and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ANTIQUATION
1 longer words begin with ANTIQUATION.
Shorter words from the letters in ANTIQUATION
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Common questions about ANTIQUATION
- Is ANTIQUATION valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ANTIQUATION, where it scores 23 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ANTIQUATION worth?
- ANTIQUATION is worth 20 points in Scrabble and 23 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ANTIQUATION mean?
- The act of making something old-fashioned, or the condition of having become out of date.
- What letters can be added to ANTIQUATION?
- ANTIQUATION takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of ANTIQUATION:
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