AQUAPLANE is a valid Scrabble word — 20 points
Yes. AQUAPLANE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 20 points in Scrabble and 24 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept AQUAPLANE?
| 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: 44 / 100
Our own measure of how useful AQUAPLANE is to know. It scores 20 from 9 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for AQUAPLANE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How AQUAPLANE scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in AQUAPLANE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 3 | 9 |
| q | 1 | 1 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so AQUAPLANE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does AQUAPLANE mean in Scrabble?
verb
To skid uncontrollably on a thin film of water, or to ride a board towed by a boat.
Drivers aquaplane when tyres lose contact with the road because water lifts them, and steering then fails. The same word also names the board behind a speedboat, used for water sport.
How AQUAPLANE is used
Chiefly a driving term in British English; American drivers say hydroplane.
- The car began to aquaplane on the flooded motorway.
- Slow down in heavy rain so that you do not aquaplane.
- The children loved to aquaplane behind the boat.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of AQUAPLANE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with AQUAPLANE
4 longer words begin with AQUAPLANE.
Shorter words from the letters in AQUAPLANE
Showing 40 of 109. See all in the Word Finder
Common questions about AQUAPLANE
- Is AQUAPLANE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts AQUAPLANE, where it scores 24 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is AQUAPLANE worth?
- AQUAPLANE is worth 20 points in Scrabble and 24 points in Words with Friends.
- What does AQUAPLANE mean?
- To skid uncontrollably on a thin film of water, or to ride a board towed by a boat.
- What letters can be added to AQUAPLANE?
- AQUAPLANE takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of AQUAPLANE:
Open AQUAPLANE in the Word Finder