CENTRIPETAL is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. CENTRIPETAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CENTRIPETAL?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CENTRIPETAL is to know. It scores 15 from 11 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CENTRIPETAL
No single letter turns CENTRIPETAL into another word.
How CENTRIPETAL scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in CENTRIPETAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CENTRIPETAL has to be built on the board across turns.
What does CENTRIPETAL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Moving or directed towards a centre, as with the force that keeps an object travelling in a circle.
Centripetal force pulls a whirling object inward, which is why a stone on a string follows a circle. It is often contrasted with the centrifugal effect that seems to push things outward. The word can also describe any process that develops from the outside towards the middle.
How CENTRIPETAL is used
Centripetal is chiefly a physics term, often paired with force or acceleration.
- Centripetal force keeps the satellite in orbit.
- The car needs enough friction to supply the centripetal acceleration on a bend.
- A centripetal drift of people towards the capital emptied the villages.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CENTRIPETAL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CENTRIPETAL
3 longer words begin with CENTRIPETAL.
Shorter words from the letters in CENTRIPETAL
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Common questions about CENTRIPETAL
- Is CENTRIPETAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CENTRIPETAL, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CENTRIPETAL worth?
- CENTRIPETAL is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CENTRIPETAL mean?
- Moving or directed towards a centre, as with the force that keeps an object travelling in a circle.
- What letters can be added to CENTRIPETAL?
- No single letter can be added to CENTRIPETAL to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of CENTRIPETAL:
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