APOTHECIAL is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. APOTHECIAL 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 APOTHECIAL?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful APOTHECIAL is to know. It scores 17 from 10 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for APOTHECIAL
No single letter turns APOTHECIAL into another word.
How APOTHECIAL scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in APOTHECIAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so APOTHECIAL has to be built on the board across turns.
What does APOTHECIAL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
botany
Relating to an apothecium, the cup-shaped fruiting body of certain lichens and fungi.
Apothecial structures carry the spore-producing layer in an open disc on the surface of the organism. Botanists examine apothecial features closely when identifying lichens.
How APOTHECIAL is used
Apothecial is used in mycology and lichenology, usually before nouns like disc or margin.
- The apothecial disc was dark brown and slightly raised.
- Apothecial margins help botanists tell the species apart.
- We examined the apothecial surface under a lens.
- Apothecial tissue holds the spore-bearing cells.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of APOTHECIAL and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in APOTHECIAL
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Common questions about APOTHECIAL
- Is APOTHECIAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts APOTHECIAL, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is APOTHECIAL worth?
- APOTHECIAL is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does APOTHECIAL mean?
- Relating to an apothecium, the cup-shaped fruiting body of certain lichens and fungi.
- What letters can be added to APOTHECIAL?
- No single letter can be added to APOTHECIAL to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of APOTHECIAL:
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