ADIPOCYTE is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. ADIPOCYTE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ADIPOCYTE?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ADIPOCYTE is to know. It scores 17 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ADIPOCYTE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
adipocytesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ADIPOCYTE scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in ADIPOCYTE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ADIPOCYTE has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about ADIPOCYTE
- All 9 letters of ADIPOCYTE are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does ADIPOCYTE mean in Scrabble?
noun
medical
A cell specialised for storing fat, found in fatty tissue.
Every adipocyte swells as it fills with lipid and shrinks when the body draws on its reserves. Researchers study these cells in connection with obesity and metabolism.
How ADIPOCYTE is used
Adipocyte is used in biology and medicine, mostly in the plural when discussing fatty tissue.
- An adipocyte can expand to many times its original size.
- The adipocyte stores energy in the form of a lipid droplet.
- Each adipocyte was counted under the microscope.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ADIPOCYTE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ADIPOCYTE
1 longer words begin with ADIPOCYTE.
Shorter words from the letters in ADIPOCYTE
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Common questions about ADIPOCYTE
- Is ADIPOCYTE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ADIPOCYTE, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ADIPOCYTE worth?
- ADIPOCYTE is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ADIPOCYTE mean?
- A cell specialised for storing fat, found in fatty tissue.
- What letters can be added to ADIPOCYTE?
- ADIPOCYTE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of ADIPOCYTE:
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