ASYNDETIC is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. ASYNDETIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ASYNDETIC?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ASYNDETIC is to know. It scores 15 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ASYNDETIC
No single letter turns ASYNDETIC into another word.
How ASYNDETIC scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in ASYNDETIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ASYNDETIC has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about ASYNDETIC
- All 9 letters of ASYNDETIC are different — nothing repeats.
- The same 9 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does ASYNDETIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technicalformal
Lacking the usual linking words between phrases or clauses.
Rhetoricians call a list such as "I came, I saw, I conquered" asyndetic because no "and" joins the parts. The effect is speed and punch. The opposite style, packed with conjunctions, is called polysyndetic.
How ASYNDETIC is used
Used in grammar and literary criticism, as in an asyndetic list.
- The asyndetic style of the speech gave it a driving rhythm.
- Critics noted the asyndetic phrasing of the poem.
- An asyndetic sentence drops its conjunctions altogether.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ASYNDETIC and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ASYNDETIC
The 9 tiles of ASYNDETIC in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with ASYNDETIC
1 longer words begin with ASYNDETIC.
Shorter words from the letters in ASYNDETIC
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Common questions about ASYNDETIC
- Is ASYNDETIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ASYNDETIC, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ASYNDETIC worth?
- ASYNDETIC is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ASYNDETIC mean?
- Lacking the usual linking words between phrases or clauses.
- What letters can be added to ASYNDETIC?
- No single letter can be added to ASYNDETIC to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of ASYNDETIC:
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