ARCHOSAURIAN is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. ARCHOSAURIAN 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 ARCHOSAURIAN?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ARCHOSAURIAN is to know. It scores 17 from 12 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ARCHOSAURIAN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
archosauriansChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ARCHOSAURIAN scores
Face value of the 12 tiles in ARCHOSAURIAN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 3 | 9 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ARCHOSAURIAN has to be built on the board across turns.
What does ARCHOSAURIAN mean in Scrabble?
adjective
zoologytechnical
Belonging to the group of reptiles that includes dinosaurs, pterosaurs and crocodiles.
Archosaurian marks the shared family tree of these animals, so birds descend from an archosaurian line as well. A palaeontologist might use it for bones, ancestors or traits common to the group.
How ARCHOSAURIAN is used
Confined to palaeontology and zoology; it can also be a noun for one such reptile.
- The fossil showed clear archosaurian features in the skull.
- Crocodiles are the last survivors of the archosaurian line.
- The archosaurian ancestor walked on two legs.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ARCHOSAURIAN and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ARCHOSAURIAN
1 longer words begin with ARCHOSAURIAN.
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Common questions about ARCHOSAURIAN
- Is ARCHOSAURIAN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ARCHOSAURIAN, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ARCHOSAURIAN worth?
- ARCHOSAURIAN is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ARCHOSAURIAN mean?
- Belonging to the group of reptiles that includes dinosaurs, pterosaurs and crocodiles.
- What letters can be added to ARCHOSAURIAN?
- ARCHOSAURIAN takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 12 letters of ARCHOSAURIAN:
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