APOGEAN is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. APOGEAN 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 APOGEAN?
| 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: 50 / 100
Our own measure of how useful APOGEAN is to know. It scores 10 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for APOGEAN
No single letter turns APOGEAN into another word.
How APOGEAN scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in APOGEAN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 128,662.
What does APOGEAN mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Relating to the apogee, the point in an orbit farthest from the earth.
Astronomers describe the apogean tides as the weaker neap tides that follow when the moon is far from the earth. The word can also be used for the highest point of something in a figurative way.
How APOGEAN is used
The word apogean is a technical adjective used in astronomy and tide studies.
- The apogean tide was lower than usual that week.
- The satellite reached its apogean point over the Pacific.
- Tables of apogean distances helped the navigators.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of APOGEAN and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in APOGEAN
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Common questions about APOGEAN
- Is APOGEAN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts APOGEAN, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is APOGEAN worth?
- APOGEAN is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does APOGEAN mean?
- Relating to the apogee, the point in an orbit farthest from the earth.
- What letters can be added to APOGEAN?
- No single letter can be added to APOGEAN to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of APOGEAN:
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