ARCHENTERON is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. ARCHENTERON is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ARCHENTERON?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ARCHENTERON is to know. It scores 16 from 11 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ARCHENTERON
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
archenteronsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ARCHENTERON scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in ARCHENTERON, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ARCHENTERON has to be built on the board across turns.
What does ARCHENTERON mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoologytechnical
The central cavity of an early embryo at the gastrula stage, which becomes the digestive tract.
The archenteron forms when the embryo folds inward, creating a primitive gut with an opening to the outside. Biology students meet it when studying how a hollow ball of cells becomes a body with layers.
How ARCHENTERON is used
Used in embryology and developmental biology.
- The archenteron is visible as a pocket inside the gastrula.
- In the sea urchin embryo, the archenteron grows inward from one end.
- Students drew the archenteron in their notebooks.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ARCHENTERON and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ARCHENTERON
1 longer words begin with ARCHENTERON.
Shorter words from the letters in ARCHENTERON
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Common questions about ARCHENTERON
- Is ARCHENTERON valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ARCHENTERON, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ARCHENTERON worth?
- ARCHENTERON is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ARCHENTERON mean?
- The central cavity of an early embryo at the gastrula stage, which becomes the digestive tract.
- What letters can be added to ARCHENTERON?
- ARCHENTERON takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of ARCHENTERON:
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