APPESTAT is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. APPESTAT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept APPESTAT?
| 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: 42 / 100
Our own measure of how useful APPESTAT is to know. It scores 12 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for APPESTAT
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
appestatsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How APPESTAT scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in APPESTAT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| p | 2 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so APPESTAT has to be built on the board across turns.
What does APPESTAT mean in Scrabble?
noun
technicalmedical
The region of the brain, in the hypothalamus, believed to regulate the sense of hunger and the desire to eat.
Appestat is a coined term that plays on thermostat: a control centre that switches appetite up or down. Researchers use it when discussing how the body decides it has eaten enough. It is a handy shorthand rather than a precise anatomical label.
How APPESTAT is used
Appestat appears in discussions of hunger, dieting and the brain mechanisms behind them.
- Damage to the appestat may leave a person unable to feel full.
- The article compared the appestat to a thermostat for hunger.
- Some diets claim to reset the appestat, though the evidence is thin.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of APPESTAT and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with APPESTAT
1 longer words begin with APPESTAT.
Shorter words from the letters in APPESTAT
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Common questions about APPESTAT
- Is APPESTAT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts APPESTAT, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is APPESTAT worth?
- APPESTAT is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does APPESTAT mean?
- The region of the brain, in the hypothalamus, believed to regulate the sense of hunger and the desire to eat.
- What letters can be added to APPESTAT?
- APPESTAT takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of APPESTAT:
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