APNOEAL is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. APNOEAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept APNOEAL?
| 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: 49 / 100
Our own measure of how useful APNOEAL is to know. It scores 9 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 7.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for APNOEAL
No single letter turns APNOEAL into another word.
How APNOEAL scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in APNOEAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 96,496.
What stands out about APNOEAL
- APNOEAL runs three vowels in a row, which almost no English word does.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does APNOEAL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Britishmedical
Of or marked by apnoea, the pauses in breathing that can happen in sleep; the British spelling of apneal.
Apnoeal is the British spelling of the adjective and is most often seen in sleep medicine. The same sense is also written apneal in American usage.
How APNOEAL is used
Apnoeal appears in British medical writing about sleep and breathing.
- The report listed three apnoeal episodes during the night.
- An apnoeal pause can last ten seconds or more.
- The apnoeal pattern prompted a referral to a sleep clinic.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of APNOEAL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in APNOEAL
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Common questions about APNOEAL
- Is APNOEAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts APNOEAL, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is APNOEAL worth?
- APNOEAL is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does APNOEAL mean?
- Of or marked by apnoea, the pauses in breathing that can happen in sleep; the British spelling of apneal.
- What letters can be added to APNOEAL?
- No single letter can be added to APNOEAL to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of APNOEAL:
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