ASTERNAL is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. ASTERNAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ASTERNAL?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ASTERNAL is to know. It scores 8 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ASTERNAL
No single letter turns ASTERNAL into another word.
How ASTERNAL scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in ASTERNAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ASTERNAL has to be built on the board across turns.
What does ASTERNAL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
medical
Not joined to the breastbone, as in the lower ribs.
Anatomists apply asternal to ribs that stop short of the sternum, such as the floating ones at the bottom of the cage. It is a narrow term, rarely met outside textbooks.
How ASTERNAL is used
Used in anatomy and zoology to describe ribs with no link to the sternum.
- The lowest two ribs are asternal in humans.
- An asternal rib ends freely in the muscle.
- The skeleton showed several asternal ribs on each side.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ASTERNAL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in ASTERNAL
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Common questions about ASTERNAL
- Is ASTERNAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ASTERNAL, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ASTERNAL worth?
- ASTERNAL is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ASTERNAL mean?
- Not joined to the breastbone, as in the lower ribs.
- What letters can be added to ASTERNAL?
- No single letter can be added to ASTERNAL to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of ASTERNAL:
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