ARECA is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. ARECA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ARECA?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ARECA is to know. It scores 7 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ARECA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
arecasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ARECA scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in ARECA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 14,523.
What stands out about ARECA
- ARECA begins and ends with the same letter.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does ARECA mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
A genus of tropical palm trees, best known for the species that produces the areca nut, or betel nut, widely chewed in parts of Asia.
Areca palms grow tall and slender with feathery fronds, thriving across South and Southeast Asia where their nuts have been chewed, often wrapped in betel leaf with a little lime, for centuries as a mild stimulant. Beyond the well-known betel nut species, other members of the areca genus are grown purely as ornamental palms, prized for their graceful shape in gardens and as indoor houseplants. Botanists classify the genus within the palm family, and its name comes from a South Indian language by way of Portuguese traders who first brought the nut to European attention. Health authorities in several countries have raised concerns about the long-term chewing of areca nut, linking it to oral health problems.
How ARECA is used
A botanical term used both for the ornamental palm and, informally, for the betel nut it produces.
- The areca nut was wrapped in a betel leaf before being chewed.
- An areca palm stood in a large pot beside the office window.
- Vendors sold areca nuts alongside spices at the market stall.
- The garden was planted with rows of ornamental areca palms.
- Researchers studied the health effects of chewing areca nut daily.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ARECA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ARECA
1 longer words begin with ARECA.
Shorter words from the letters in ARECA
Common questions about ARECA
- Is ARECA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ARECA, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ARECA worth?
- ARECA is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ARECA mean?
- A genus of tropical palm trees, best known for the species that produces the areca nut, or betel nut, widely chewed in parts of Asia.
- What letters can be added to ARECA?
- ARECA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of ARECA:
Open ARECA in the Word Finder