SUBCLIMAX is a valid Scrabble word — 22 points
Yes. SUBCLIMAX is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 22 points in Scrabble and 27 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SUBCLIMAX?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SUBCLIMAX is to know. It scores 22 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SUBCLIMAX
No single letter turns SUBCLIMAX into another word.
How SUBCLIMAX scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in SUBCLIMAX, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| x | 1 | 1 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SUBCLIMAX has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about SUBCLIMAX
- All 9 letters of SUBCLIMAX are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does SUBCLIMAX mean in Scrabble?
noun
technicalbotany
A stage in an ecological succession just before the final climax community, held back by some local factor.
Regular fires or grazing can keep a patch of land in a subclimax, so a forest never fully takes over a meadow. Ecologists study such places to see which pressures stop the usual sequence of plant communities.
How SUBCLIMAX is used
The word subclimax is used in ecology and plant science.
- The grassland stayed in a subclimax because of repeated burning.
- Ecologists mapped each subclimax on the hillside.
- A subclimax community may last for centuries.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SUBCLIMAX and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SUBCLIMAX
1 longer words begin with SUBCLIMAX.
Shorter words from the letters in SUBCLIMAX
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Common questions about SUBCLIMAX
- Is SUBCLIMAX valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SUBCLIMAX, where it scores 27 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SUBCLIMAX worth?
- SUBCLIMAX is worth 22 points in Scrabble and 27 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SUBCLIMAX mean?
- A stage in an ecological succession just before the final climax community, held back by some local factor.
- What letters can be added to SUBCLIMAX?
- No single letter can be added to SUBCLIMAX to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of SUBCLIMAX:
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