AXONEMAL is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. AXONEMAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 20 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept AXONEMAL?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
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| 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: 45 / 100
Our own measure of how useful AXONEMAL is to know. It scores 17 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for AXONEMAL
No single letter turns AXONEMAL into another word.
How AXONEMAL scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in AXONEMAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| x | 1 | 1 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so AXONEMAL has to be built on the board across turns.
What does AXONEMAL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Relating to an axoneme, the core bundle of microtubules inside a cilium or flagellum.
An axoneme has nine pairs of microtubules around two single ones, and axonemal proteins power the beating of the cell's whip-like projection. The word turns up in cell biology papers on movement and on inherited ciliary disorders.
How AXONEMAL is used
Used in cell biology and genetics.
- The study found an axonemal defect in the sperm tail.
- Axonemal proteins drive the beat of the cilium.
- Researchers mapped the axonemal structure in detail.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of AXONEMAL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in AXONEMAL
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Common questions about AXONEMAL
- Is AXONEMAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts AXONEMAL, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is AXONEMAL worth?
- AXONEMAL is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does AXONEMAL mean?
- Relating to an axoneme, the core bundle of microtubules inside a cilium or flagellum.
- What letters can be added to AXONEMAL?
- No single letter can be added to AXONEMAL to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of AXONEMAL:
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