AUTOCHTHON is a valid Scrabble word — 18 points
Yes. AUTOCHTHON is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 18 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept AUTOCHTHON?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful AUTOCHTHON is to know. It scores 18 from 10 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for AUTOCHTHON
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How AUTOCHTHON scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in AUTOCHTHON, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| h | 2 | 2 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so AUTOCHTHON has to be built on the board across turns.
What does AUTOCHTHON mean in Scrabble?
noun
formalrare
One of the original inhabitants of a land, regarded as having sprung from the soil itself.
The ancient Athenians proudly called themselves autochthons to claim that they had always lived in their land. The word is now used in anthropology and history for indigenous peoples, usually in the plural.
How AUTOCHTHON is used
Learned and rare; the plural autochthons or autochthones is more common than the singular.
- The Athenians described themselves as autochthon people of Attica.
- Each autochthon in the legend rose directly from the earth.
- The historian wrote about the autochthon tribes of the valley.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of AUTOCHTHON and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with AUTOCHTHON
10 longer words begin with AUTOCHTHON.
Shorter words from the letters in AUTOCHTHON
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Common questions about AUTOCHTHON
- Is AUTOCHTHON valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts AUTOCHTHON, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is AUTOCHTHON worth?
- AUTOCHTHON is worth 18 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does AUTOCHTHON mean?
- One of the original inhabitants of a land, regarded as having sprung from the soil itself.
- What letters can be added to AUTOCHTHON?
- AUTOCHTHON takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of AUTOCHTHON:
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