ASSIMILATORY is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. ASSIMILATORY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ASSIMILATORY?
| 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: 27 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ASSIMILATORY is to know. It scores 17 from 12 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ASSIMILATORY
No single letter turns ASSIMILATORY into another word.
How ASSIMILATORY scores
Face value of the 12 tiles in ASSIMILATORY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ASSIMILATORY has to be built on the board across turns.
What does ASSIMILATORY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
rare
Tending to take in and absorb, or to make things alike.
Assimilatory is a less common sibling of assimilative and appears chiefly in older scientific writing. It can refer to organs that take up nutrients or to forces that blend groups together.
How ASSIMILATORY is used
Rare, found in scientific and scholarly prose.
- The leaf is the main assimilatory organ of the plant.
- An assimilatory pressure pushed the minority to adopt the language.
- The textbook describes the assimilatory function of the roots.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ASSIMILATORY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in ASSIMILATORY
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Common questions about ASSIMILATORY
- Is ASSIMILATORY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ASSIMILATORY, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ASSIMILATORY worth?
- ASSIMILATORY is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ASSIMILATORY mean?
- Tending to take in and absorb, or to make things alike.
- What letters can be added to ASSIMILATORY?
- No single letter can be added to ASSIMILATORY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 12 letters of ASSIMILATORY:
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