ATROPHIA is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. ATROPHIA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ATROPHIA?
| 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: 43 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ATROPHIA is to know. It scores 13 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ATROPHIA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
atrophiasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ATROPHIA scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in ATROPHIA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ATROPHIA has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about ATROPHIA
- ATROPHIA begins and ends with the same letter.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does ATROPHIA mean in Scrabble?
noun
medical
A wasting away of a body part, as through poor nutrition, nerve damage or disuse.
Atrophia is the Latin medical form of atrophy, found mostly in older texts and in compound disease names. Modern writing prefers the English spelling.
How ATROPHIA is used
A Latin-style medical term, mostly seen in historical or technical writing.
- The old textbook described atrophia of the muscles after long immobility.
- The diagnosis listed atrophia of the optic nerve.
- Early physicians recorded atrophia as a symptom of wasting disease.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ATROPHIA and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ATROPHIA
1 longer words begin with ATROPHIA.
Shorter words from the letters in ATROPHIA
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Common questions about ATROPHIA
- Is ATROPHIA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ATROPHIA, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ATROPHIA worth?
- ATROPHIA is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ATROPHIA mean?
- A wasting away of a body part, as through poor nutrition, nerve damage or disuse.
- What letters can be added to ATROPHIA?
- ATROPHIA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of ATROPHIA:
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