AUTOTROPHY is a valid Scrabble word — 18 points
Yes. AUTOTROPHY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 18 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept AUTOTROPHY?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful AUTOTROPHY is to know. It scores 18 from 10 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for AUTOTROPHY
No single letter turns AUTOTROPHY into another word.
How AUTOTROPHY scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in AUTOTROPHY, 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 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so AUTOTROPHY has to be built on the board across turns.
What does AUTOTROPHY mean in Scrabble?
noun
technicalbotany
The ability of an organism to make its own food from simple inorganic substances such as carbon dioxide.
Autotrophy is what lets green plants and many bacteria live without eating other organisms. It is the base of most food chains, because everything else depends on the energy these producers capture.
How AUTOTROPHY is used
Used in biology textbooks; the organisms are called autotrophs, in contrast with heterotrophs.
- Photosynthesis is the best-known form of autotrophy.
- Some bacteria rely on autotrophy in deep sea vents.
- The lesson compared autotrophy with feeding on other living things.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of AUTOTROPHY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in AUTOTROPHY
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Common questions about AUTOTROPHY
- Is AUTOTROPHY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts AUTOTROPHY, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is AUTOTROPHY worth?
- AUTOTROPHY is worth 18 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does AUTOTROPHY mean?
- The ability of an organism to make its own food from simple inorganic substances such as carbon dioxide.
- What letters can be added to AUTOTROPHY?
- No single letter can be added to AUTOTROPHY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of AUTOTROPHY:
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