ANTITHETIC is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. ANTITHETIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ANTITHETIC?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ANTITHETIC is to know. It scores 15 from 10 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ANTITHETIC
No single letter turns ANTITHETIC into another word.
How ANTITHETIC scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in ANTITHETIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| t | 3 | 6 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ANTITHETIC has to be built on the board across turns.
What does ANTITHETIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
formal
Directly opposed in nature or purpose, or involving a sharp contrast between ideas.
Antithetic can describe two things that stand at opposite poles, or a sentence that sets contrasting ideas side by side. It is slightly more bookish than its longer form antithetical.
How ANTITHETIC is used
Antithetic is usually followed by to when it compares two positions.
- Their views on money were antithetic to each other.
- The poem builds an antithetic pattern of light and dark.
- Such secrecy is antithetic to good government.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ANTITHETIC and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ANTITHETIC
2 longer words begin with ANTITHETIC.
Shorter words from the letters in ANTITHETIC
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Common questions about ANTITHETIC
- Is ANTITHETIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ANTITHETIC, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ANTITHETIC worth?
- ANTITHETIC is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ANTITHETIC mean?
- Directly opposed in nature or purpose, or involving a sharp contrast between ideas.
- What letters can be added to ANTITHETIC?
- No single letter can be added to ANTITHETIC to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of ANTITHETIC:
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