AUTOTROPHIC is a valid Scrabble word — 18 points
Yes. AUTOTROPHIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 18 points in Scrabble and 20 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept AUTOTROPHIC?
| 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: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful AUTOTROPHIC is to know. It scores 18 from 11 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for AUTOTROPHIC
No single letter turns AUTOTROPHIC into another word.
How AUTOTROPHIC scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in AUTOTROPHIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so AUTOTROPHIC has to be built on the board across turns.
What does AUTOTROPHIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Able to make its own food from simple inorganic substances, using light or chemical energy.
Autotrophic organisms such as green plants and algae sit at the base of most food chains. Some bacteria are also autotrophic, drawing energy from chemicals rather than from sunlight.
How AUTOTROPHIC is used
Used in biology and ecology, contrasted with heterotrophic.
- Plants are autotrophic because they photosynthesise.
- The autotrophic bacteria lived deep near the vents.
- An autotrophic organism needs no other living food.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of AUTOTROPHIC and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with AUTOTROPHIC
1 longer words begin with AUTOTROPHIC.
Shorter words from the letters in AUTOTROPHIC
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Common questions about AUTOTROPHIC
- Is AUTOTROPHIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts AUTOTROPHIC, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is AUTOTROPHIC worth?
- AUTOTROPHIC is worth 18 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does AUTOTROPHIC mean?
- Able to make its own food from simple inorganic substances, using light or chemical energy.
- What letters can be added to AUTOTROPHIC?
- No single letter can be added to AUTOTROPHIC to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of AUTOTROPHIC:
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