AUTOTOMOUS is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. AUTOTOMOUS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept AUTOTOMOUS?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
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| 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: 25 / 100
Our own measure of how useful AUTOTOMOUS is to know. It scores 12 from 10 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for AUTOTOMOUS
No single letter turns AUTOTOMOUS into another word.
How AUTOTOMOUS scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in AUTOTOMOUS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| u | 2 | 4 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| o | 3 | 8 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so AUTOTOMOUS has to be built on the board across turns.
What does AUTOTOMOUS mean in Scrabble?
adjective
zoology
Able to shed a body part deliberately, as a lizard does with its tail when attacked.
An autotomous animal escapes a predator by letting a limb or tail break off. The detached part often keeps twitching, which distracts the attacker while the animal flees.
How AUTOTOMOUS is used
Used in zoology to describe animals showing autotomy.
- The gecko is autotomous and drops its tail when seized.
- Some autotomous crabs can regrow a lost claw.
- Biologists studied autotomous behaviour in brittle stars.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of AUTOTOMOUS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in AUTOTOMOUS
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Common questions about AUTOTOMOUS
- Is AUTOTOMOUS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts AUTOTOMOUS, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is AUTOTOMOUS worth?
- AUTOTOMOUS is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does AUTOTOMOUS mean?
- Able to shed a body part deliberately, as a lizard does with its tail when attacked.
- What letters can be added to AUTOTOMOUS?
- No single letter can be added to AUTOTOMOUS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of AUTOTOMOUS:
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