ATHETOID is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. ATHETOID is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ATHETOID?
| 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: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ATHETOID is to know. It scores 12 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ATHETOID
No single letter turns ATHETOID into another word.
How ATHETOID scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in ATHETOID, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ATHETOID has to be built on the board across turns.
What does ATHETOID mean in Scrabble?
adjective
medical
Marked by slow, involuntary, writhing movements, especially of the hands and fingers.
Athetoid describes movements or conditions linked to athetosis, a disorder of the nervous system. It is most often met in connection with a form of cerebral palsy in which muscle tone changes unpredictably. The word is clinical and describes the pattern of movement.
How ATHETOID is used
Athetoid is a medical term used for a pattern of slow writhing movements.
- The child showed athetoid movements of the fingers.
- Her therapist specialised in athetoid cerebral palsy.
- An athetoid tremor made writing difficult.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ATHETOID and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in ATHETOID
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Common questions about ATHETOID
- Is ATHETOID valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ATHETOID, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ATHETOID worth?
- ATHETOID is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ATHETOID mean?
- Marked by slow, involuntary, writhing movements, especially of the hands and fingers.
- What letters can be added to ATHETOID?
- No single letter can be added to ATHETOID to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of ATHETOID:
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