APORIA is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. APORIA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept APORIA?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful APORIA is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for APORIA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
aporiasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How APORIA scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in APORIA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 38,325.
What stands out about APORIA
- APORIA 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 APORIA mean in Scrabble?
noun
literary
A state of puzzlement or doubt, or a speaker's deliberate show of being unsure what to say or think.
Aporia began as a technique in classical rhetoric, where a speaker paused to ask aloud where to begin or what path to take, making the audience feel the weight of a hard question. Philosophers later borrowed aporia to name a genuine dead end in an argument, a point where reasoning leads to a contradiction that cannot be resolved by the usual moves. Literary critics use the word for a text that holds two readings open at once without settling between them. The Greek root means a lack of passage, which matches its sense of being stuck without a way through.
How APORIA is used
A term from rhetoric, philosophy and literary criticism; rarely used outside academic writing.
- The speaker opened with a moment of aporia, wondering aloud where to begin.
- The essay ends in aporia rather than a settled conclusion.
- Her argument runs into aporia the moment the two claims are compared.
- Critics have long debated the aporia at the centre of the poem.
- Ancient orators used aporia to draw listeners into a difficult question.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of APORIA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with APORIA
1 longer words begin with APORIA.
Shorter words from the letters in APORIA
Common questions about APORIA
- Is APORIA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts APORIA, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is APORIA worth?
- APORIA is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does APORIA mean?
- A state of puzzlement or doubt, or a speaker's deliberate show of being unsure what to say or think.
- What letters can be added to APORIA?
- APORIA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of APORIA:
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