ATONIC is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. ATONIC 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 ATONIC?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ATONIC is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ATONIC
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
atonicsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ATONIC scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in ATONIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 25,550.
What stands out about ATONIC
- The same 6 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 ATONIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technicalmedical
Lacking stress or accent, as an unstressed syllable in speech, or, in medicine, lacking normal muscular tone or strength.
Linguists call a syllable atonic when it carries no stress in a word or phrase, standing in contrast to the accented, or tonic, syllable that the voice naturally emphasizes. In medicine, a doctor might describe a muscle, tendon or organ as atonic when it has lost its usual firmness and no longer contracts with normal strength. A surgeon examining an atonic bladder or an atonic bowel is describing a structure that has become slack rather than properly toned. Though the two uses come from different fields, both share the same underlying idea of something lacking its expected tension or emphasis.
How ATONIC is used
Used in phonetics for unstressed syllables and in medicine for muscles or organs lacking normal tone; the intended field is usually clear from context.
- The second syllable of the word is atonic in normal speech.
- An atonic muscle no longer contracts with its usual strength.
- The linguist marked each atonic syllable with a small dot.
- Doctors described the patient's bowel as atonic after the surgery.
- Poets sometimes exploit the contrast between a stressed and an atonic syllable.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ATONIC and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ATONIC
The 6 tiles of ATONIC in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with ATONIC
3 longer words begin with ATONIC.
Shorter words from the letters in ATONIC
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Common questions about ATONIC
- Is ATONIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ATONIC, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ATONIC worth?
- ATONIC is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ATONIC mean?
- Lacking stress or accent, as an unstressed syllable in speech, or, in medicine, lacking normal muscular tone or strength.
- What letters can be added to ATONIC?
- ATONIC takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of ATONIC:
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