APOCARPY is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. APOCARPY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept APOCARPY?
| 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: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful APOCARPY is to know. It scores 17 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for APOCARPY
No single letter turns APOCARPY into another word.
How APOCARPY scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in APOCARPY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| p | 2 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so APOCARPY has to be built on the board across turns.
What does APOCARPY mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
The condition in a flower of having its carpels separate rather than joined together.
In an apocarpous flower such as a buttercup, each carpel forms its own small fruit. Botanists set apocarpy against syncarpy, where the carpels fuse into one structure.
How APOCARPY is used
Used in plant anatomy when describing flower structure.
- Apocarpy is typical of the buttercup family.
- The student sketched a flower showing apocarpy.
- In apocarpy every carpel stands free.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of APOCARPY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in APOCARPY
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Common questions about APOCARPY
- Is APOCARPY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts APOCARPY, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is APOCARPY worth?
- APOCARPY is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does APOCARPY mean?
- The condition in a flower of having its carpels separate rather than joined together.
- What letters can be added to APOCARPY?
- No single letter can be added to APOCARPY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of APOCARPY:
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