APETALY is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. APETALY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept APETALY?
| 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: 51 / 100
Our own measure of how useful APETALY is to know. It scores 12 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for APETALY
No single letter turns APETALY into another word.
How APETALY scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in APETALY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 385,985.
What does APETALY mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
The condition of a flower that has no petals.
Botanists record apetaly when describing wind-pollinated flowers, which have little need to attract insects with showy petals. The related adjective is apetalous. Apetaly is a trait of a flower, not of the whole plant.
How APETALY is used
Found in botanical descriptions of flower structure.
- The apetaly of the small green flowers suggests wind pollination.
- Apetaly is common in many grasses and some trees.
- The key notes apetaly as one feature separating the two species.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of APETALY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in APETALY
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Common questions about APETALY
- Is APETALY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts APETALY, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is APETALY worth?
- APETALY is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does APETALY mean?
- The condition of a flower that has no petals.
- What letters can be added to APETALY?
- No single letter can be added to APETALY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of APETALY:
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