APNEIC is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. APNEIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept APNEIC?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
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| 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 APNEIC is to know. It scores 10 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for APNEIC
No single letter turns APNEIC into another word.
How APNEIC scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in APNEIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 51,100.
What does APNEIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
medical
Relating to or showing a temporary stop in breathing.
Doctors use apneic to describe a pause in respiration, as seen in sleep apnea, or a patient who is not breathing for a spell. The word comes from Greek roots meaning without breath. British writing often spells it apnoeic, and the form in this entry is the American one.
How APNEIC is used
Clinical; usually found in sleep medicine and anaesthesia.
- The monitor recorded three apneic episodes during the night.
- An apneic newborn needs prompt attention from the nurse.
- The sleep study flagged long apneic pauses.
- He was apneic for several seconds after the fall.
- Apneic events grew rarer once he lost weight.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of APNEIC and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in APNEIC
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Common questions about APNEIC
- Is APNEIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts APNEIC, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is APNEIC worth?
- APNEIC is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does APNEIC mean?
- Relating to or showing a temporary stop in breathing.
- What letters can be added to APNEIC?
- No single letter can be added to APNEIC to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of APNEIC:
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