AUTARKY is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. AUTARKY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept AUTARKY?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 51 / 100
Our own measure of how useful AUTARKY is to know. It scores 14 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for AUTARKY
No single letter turns AUTARKY into another word.
How AUTARKY scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in AUTARKY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,544 thousand.
What does AUTARKY mean in Scrabble?
noun
formal
A policy or state of economic self-sufficiency, in which a country avoids imports and outside help.
Economists use autarky for a nation trying to produce everything it needs at home, often at high cost. It is a contrast to free trade, and rare in practice because few countries have all resources.
How AUTARKY is used
Autarky belongs to economics and political writing.
- The regime pursued autarky and closed its ports.
- Total autarky would leave the country without coffee or oil.
- Critics argued that autarky had made the economy poorer.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of AUTARKY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in AUTARKY
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Common questions about AUTARKY
- Is AUTARKY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts AUTARKY, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is AUTARKY worth?
- AUTARKY is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does AUTARKY mean?
- A policy or state of economic self-sufficiency, in which a country avoids imports and outside help.
- What letters can be added to AUTARKY?
- No single letter can be added to AUTARKY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of AUTARKY:
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