ATROPHY is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. ATROPHY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ATROPHY?
| 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: 51 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ATROPHY is to know. It scores 15 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ATROPHY
No single letter turns ATROPHY into another word.
How ATROPHY scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in ATROPHY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 771,970.
What does ATROPHY mean in Scrabble?
verb
To waste away or shrink, as body tissue does from disuse or poor nourishment.
Muscles will atrophy if a limb is kept in a cast for weeks. The word is also used figuratively for skills or institutions that decline through neglect. As a noun it names the wasting itself.
How ATROPHY is used
Atrophy can be literal, for tissue, or figurative, for abilities.
- Muscles atrophy when they are not used.
- Her language skills began to atrophy abroad.
- Without funding, the club will slowly atrophy.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ATROPHY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ATROPHY
1 longer words begin with ATROPHY.
Shorter words from the letters in ATROPHY
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Common questions about ATROPHY
- Is ATROPHY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ATROPHY, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ATROPHY worth?
- ATROPHY is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ATROPHY mean?
- To waste away or shrink, as body tissue does from disuse or poor nourishment.
- What letters can be added to ATROPHY?
- No single letter can be added to ATROPHY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of ATROPHY:
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