Yes. ACAI is a valid word.
ACAI is valid in the North American word list used for the Scrabble board game and other crossword tile games.
ACAI is in the NASPA Word List 2023 (NWL2023), the North American list that Tileside uses for challenges and the one used in club and tournament play.
About ACAI
ACAI is the small dark purple berry of a palm tree from the Amazon, popular in smoothies and breakfast bowls; its plural is ACAIS. ACAI clears two A tiles and an I with one C worth three points. Picture an acai bowl topped with fruit, and the two A tiles as the spoon and bowl. The berries grow in heavy clusters high on the palm, and they spoil fast, which is why most acai outside Brazil arrives frozen. For a player, the C is the only tile here worth more than one point.
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ACAI scores 6 points
Before any bonus squares: A 1 + C 3 + A 1 + I 1 = 6. On a double-word square that's 12, on a triple-word 18, and every letter bonus under one of these tiles is applied first.
Example: ACAI as the first play
Later in the game, put the C on a 3L square and ACAI is worth 12 before any word bonus.
Hooks: one tile makes a new word
After ACAI (1):
Place that one tile so it also forms a word in the other direction and both words score.
Longer words from ACAI
Other forms of ACAI (1):
Same letters, other words
No other word in the list uses exactly the letters A, C, A and I.
Add one tile: words from these letters plus one more
ACAI + B
- ABACIform of ABACUS: a tablet placed horizontally on top of the capital of a column as an aid in supporting the architrave
ACAI + E
- AECIAform of AECIUM: a spore-producing organ of certain fungi
ACAI + F
- FACIAa sheet or band of fibrous connective tissue separating or binding together muscles and organs etc
ACAI + R
- ACARIform of ACARUS: any of several mites of the order Acarina
ACAI + S
Memory tip
ACAI is the dark purple berry of a Brazilian palm, famous in smoothie bowls.
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