APIMANIA is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. APIMANIA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept APIMANIA?
| 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: 43 / 100
Our own measure of how useful APIMANIA is to know. It scores 12 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for APIMANIA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
apimaniasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How APIMANIA scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in APIMANIA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 3 | 9 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so APIMANIA has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about APIMANIA
- APIMANIA begins and ends with the same letter.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does APIMANIA mean in Scrabble?
noun
rare
An extreme and often obsessive enthusiasm for bees and beekeeping.
Apimania is the sort of word a writer reaches for when a hobby has taken over someone's whole life. It sounds clinical, yet it is usually meant with a smile. It names a passion for bees rather than any fear of them.
How APIMANIA is used
Apimania is rare and tends to appear in humorous or playful descriptions of keen beekeepers.
- His apimania filled the garden with hives and the kitchen with jars of honey.
- Neighbours joked that her apimania had begun the day she bought a smoker.
- A true case of apimania, he read about bees at breakfast and dreamed of them at night.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of APIMANIA and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with APIMANIA
1 longer words begin with APIMANIA.
Shorter words from the letters in APIMANIA
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Common questions about APIMANIA
- Is APIMANIA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts APIMANIA, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is APIMANIA worth?
- APIMANIA is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does APIMANIA mean?
- An extreme and often obsessive enthusiasm for bees and beekeeping.
- What letters can be added to APIMANIA?
- APIMANIA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of APIMANIA:
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