APOSEMATIC is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. APOSEMATIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept APOSEMATIC?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful APOSEMATIC is to know. It scores 16 from 10 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for APOSEMATIC
No single letter turns APOSEMATIC into another word.
How APOSEMATIC scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in APOSEMATIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so APOSEMATIC has to be built on the board across turns.
What does APOSEMATIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
zoology
Describing bright colours or markings that warn predators an animal is poisonous or unpleasant to eat.
Poison dart frogs and wasps show aposematic colouring: the loud pattern advertises danger instead of hiding the animal. It is the opposite of camouflage, since the animal wants to be noticed and remembered.
How APOSEMATIC is used
Used in biology about coloration, patterns, signals or species that advertise their defences.
- The frog's aposematic skin warns birds to stay away.
- Black and yellow stripes are a classic aposematic pattern.
- Predators quickly learn to avoid aposematic caterpillars.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of APOSEMATIC and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with APOSEMATIC
1 longer words begin with APOSEMATIC.
Shorter words from the letters in APOSEMATIC
Showing 40 of 745. See all in the Word Finder
Common questions about APOSEMATIC
- Is APOSEMATIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts APOSEMATIC, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is APOSEMATIC worth?
- APOSEMATIC is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does APOSEMATIC mean?
- Describing bright colours or markings that warn predators an animal is poisonous or unpleasant to eat.
- What letters can be added to APOSEMATIC?
- No single letter can be added to APOSEMATIC to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of APOSEMATIC:
Open APOSEMATIC in the Word Finder