AXILE is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. AXILE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept AXILE?
| 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: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful AXILE is to know. It scores 12 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for AXILE
No single letter turns AXILE into another word.
How AXILE scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in AXILE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| x | 1 | 1 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 19,364.
What does AXILE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
botany
Of ovules or placentation, situated in or attached to the central axis of an ovary.
Axile is a specialised botanical term used to describe one pattern of placentation, the way ovules are arranged inside a flower's seed-forming organ. In this pattern the ovary is divided into several sections and the ovules cluster around a column running through the middle, as seen in a tomato or an orange. This contrasts with parietal placentation, where the ovules instead line the outer wall of a single-chambered structure. Botanists rely on this distinction to classify flowering plants, since the pattern is often consistent within a family.
How AXILE is used
A technical term confined to botanical description of flower and fruit structure.
- The tomato flower shows axile placentation inside its ovary.
- Botanists described the ovules as axile within the central column.
- An axile arrangement divides the ovary into several sections.
- The textbook diagram compared axile and parietal placentation.
- In this family the seeds develop from an axile placenta.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of AXILE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with AXILE
2 longer words begin with AXILE.
Words ending in AXILE
1 words end in AXILE. Useful as a back hook: play AXILE onto a word already on the board.
Shorter words from the letters in AXILE
Common questions about AXILE
- Is AXILE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts AXILE, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is AXILE worth?
- AXILE is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does AXILE mean?
- Of ovules or placentation, situated in or attached to the central axis of an ovary.
- What letters can be added to AXILE?
- No single letter can be added to AXILE to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of AXILE:
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