BATRACHIAN is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. BATRACHIAN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BATRACHIAN?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BATRACHIAN is to know. It scores 17 from 10 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BATRACHIAN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
batrachiansChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BATRACHIAN scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in BATRACHIAN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| a | 3 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so BATRACHIAN has to be built on the board across turns.
What does BATRACHIAN mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoologyliterary
A tailless amphibian such as a frog or toad; also used as an adjective for such creatures.
Naturalists once used batrachian for the whole group of frogs and toads, and poets still enjoy it for its learned sound. As an adjective it describes anything froglike.
How BATRACHIAN is used
Learned or literary; ordinary speech says frog or toad.
- A large batrachian sat motionless on the lily pad.
- The pond echoed with a batrachian chorus at dusk.
- The museum displayed a tiny batrachian from the rainforest.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BATRACHIAN and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BATRACHIAN
1 longer words begin with BATRACHIAN.
Shorter words from the letters in BATRACHIAN
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Common questions about BATRACHIAN
- Is BATRACHIAN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BATRACHIAN, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BATRACHIAN worth?
- BATRACHIAN is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BATRACHIAN mean?
- A tailless amphibian such as a frog or toad; also used as an adjective for such creatures.
- What letters can be added to BATRACHIAN?
- BATRACHIAN takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of BATRACHIAN:
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