AUTARCHIC is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. AUTARCHIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept AUTARCHIC?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful AUTARCHIC is to know. It scores 16 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for AUTARCHIC
No single letter turns AUTARCHIC into another word.
How AUTARCHIC scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in AUTARCHIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| c | 2 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so AUTARCHIC has to be built on the board across turns.
What does AUTARCHIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
formalrare
Ruled by absolute power held by a single person.
Writers on politics use autarchic to describe a regime or leader that answers to no one. It is close in sense to autocratic and is easily mixed up with the similar-looking autarkic, which concerns economic self-sufficiency.
How AUTARCHIC is used
Found in formal political and historical writing, and fairly rare.
- The historian described the king as an autarchic ruler.
- An autarchic system leaves little room for public debate.
- The country slid into autarchic rule after the coup.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of AUTARCHIC and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with AUTARCHIC
1 longer words begin with AUTARCHIC.
Shorter words from the letters in AUTARCHIC
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Common questions about AUTARCHIC
- Is AUTARCHIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts AUTARCHIC, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is AUTARCHIC worth?
- AUTARCHIC is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does AUTARCHIC mean?
- Ruled by absolute power held by a single person.
- What letters can be added to AUTARCHIC?
- No single letter can be added to AUTARCHIC to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of AUTARCHIC:
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