AUTOTYPE is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. AUTOTYPE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept AUTOTYPE?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 46 / 100
Our own measure of how useful AUTOTYPE is to know. It scores 13 from 8 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for AUTOTYPE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How AUTOTYPE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in AUTOTYPE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so AUTOTYPE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does AUTOTYPE mean in Scrabble?
noun
printing
A photographic printing process for monochrome reproduction using a carbon pigment; also a print made this way.
The autotype process was a nineteenth-century method that produced durable, fade-resistant pictures. Collectors of early photography still look for autotype prints of paintings and portraits.
How AUTOTYPE is used
A historical printing and photography term.
- The gallery displayed an autotype of a famous landscape.
- An autotype does not fade the way many early photographs do.
- He bought an old autotype at the print fair.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of AUTOTYPE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with AUTOTYPE
2 longer words begin with AUTOTYPE.
Shorter words from the letters in AUTOTYPE
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Common questions about AUTOTYPE
- Is AUTOTYPE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts AUTOTYPE, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is AUTOTYPE worth?
- AUTOTYPE is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does AUTOTYPE mean?
- A photographic printing process for monochrome reproduction using a carbon pigment; also a print made this way.
- What letters can be added to AUTOTYPE?
- AUTOTYPE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of AUTOTYPE:
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