ASPHYXIATE is a valid Scrabble word — 25 points
Yes. ASPHYXIATE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 25 points in Scrabble and 24 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ASPHYXIATE?
| 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: 42 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ASPHYXIATE is to know. It scores 25 from 10 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ASPHYXIATE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ASPHYXIATE scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in ASPHYXIATE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| x | 1 | 1 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ASPHYXIATE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does ASPHYXIATE mean in Scrabble?
verb
To suffocate, or to kill someone by cutting off their supply of air.
You can asphyxiate when smoke, gas or water prevents oxygen from reaching the lungs. The verb works both ways: a victim may asphyxiate, and a fumes-filled room may asphyxiate everyone in it.
How ASPHYXIATE is used
Asphyxiate is used in medical, safety and crime reports for death by lack of air.
- The fumes could asphyxiate anyone left in the closed garage.
- Divers must avoid gases that slowly asphyxiate.
- The firefighters feared the family might asphyxiate.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ASPHYXIATE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ASPHYXIATE
2 longer words begin with ASPHYXIATE.
Shorter words from the letters in ASPHYXIATE
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Common questions about ASPHYXIATE
- Is ASPHYXIATE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ASPHYXIATE, where it scores 24 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ASPHYXIATE worth?
- ASPHYXIATE is worth 25 points in Scrabble and 24 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ASPHYXIATE mean?
- To suffocate, or to kill someone by cutting off their supply of air.
- What letters can be added to ASPHYXIATE?
- ASPHYXIATE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of ASPHYXIATE:
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