AXILLA is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. AXILLA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept AXILLA?
| 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 AXILLA is to know. It scores 13 from 6 tiles, takes 4 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for AXILLA
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How AXILLA scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in AXILLA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| x | 1 | 1 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 613,196.
What stands out about AXILLA
- AXILLA begins and ends with the same letter.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does AXILLA mean in Scrabble?
noun
medical
The hollow beneath the shoulder where the arm meets the body, known in everyday speech as the armpit.
Axilla is the anatomical term used by doctors, nurses and biologists, and it is the source of the adjective axillary. The axilla contains a cluster of lymph nodes and important blood vessels and nerves on their way to the arm, which is why clinicians examine it so carefully. The same word is also applied to the equivalent region under the wing of a bird or the foreleg of other animals. The plural is axillae.
How AXILLA is used
Technical; used in medicine and anatomy, while armpit is the everyday word.
- The nurse checked the swelling in the left axilla.
- Deodorant is normally applied to the axilla after washing.
- Lymph nodes in the axilla can enlarge when the arm is infected.
- The thermometer was placed in the axilla to take a gentle reading.
- In birds, the feathers of the axilla are shorter and softer than those of the wing.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of AXILLA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with AXILLA
6 longer words begin with AXILLA.
Shorter words from the letters in AXILLA
Common questions about AXILLA
- Is AXILLA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts AXILLA, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is AXILLA worth?
- AXILLA is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does AXILLA mean?
- The hollow beneath the shoulder where the arm meets the body, known in everyday speech as the armpit.
- What letters can be added to AXILLA?
- AXILLA takes 4 hooks: 1 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of AXILLA:
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