ARCHAEAN is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. ARCHAEAN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ARCHAEAN?
| 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: 45 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ARCHAEAN is to know. It scores 13 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ARCHAEAN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
archaeansChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ARCHAEAN scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in ARCHAEAN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 3 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ARCHAEAN has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about ARCHAEAN
- ARCHAEAN runs three vowels in a row, which almost no English word does.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does ARCHAEAN mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A single-celled microorganism of the group archaea, distinct from bacteria; also the early Precambrian era.
Each archaean lacks a nucleus, yet its chemistry differs from bacteria, which is why biologists give it a domain of its own. Many live in extreme places such as hot springs and salt lakes. As a geological term, Archaean names the era in which the oldest known rocks formed.
How ARCHAEAN is used
Used in microbiology and, with a capital letter, in geological time.
- The archaean thrived in the boiling water of the hot spring.
- Scientists sequenced the genes of a newly found archaean.
- Rocks from the Archaean are among the oldest on Earth.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ARCHAEAN and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ARCHAEAN
1 longer words begin with ARCHAEAN.
Shorter words from the letters in ARCHAEAN
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Common questions about ARCHAEAN
- Is ARCHAEAN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ARCHAEAN, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ARCHAEAN worth?
- ARCHAEAN is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ARCHAEAN mean?
- A single-celled microorganism of the group archaea, distinct from bacteria; also the early Precambrian era.
- What letters can be added to ARCHAEAN?
- ARCHAEAN takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of ARCHAEAN:
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