AMEBOCYTE is a valid Scrabble word — 18 points
Yes. AMEBOCYTE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 18 points in Scrabble and 20 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept AMEBOCYTE?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful AMEBOCYTE is to know. It scores 18 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for AMEBOCYTE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
amebocytesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How AMEBOCYTE scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in AMEBOCYTE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so AMEBOCYTE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does AMEBOCYTE mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
A cell that moves about the body like an amoeba, found in many invertebrates.
An amebocyte crawls through tissue and can engulf particles, which lets it help with defence and digestion in animals such as sponges and horseshoe crabs. The spelling without o is the American form.
How AMEBOCYTE is used
A term from biology and zoology, spelled with or without the o.
- In a sponge, each amebocyte carries food to other cells.
- The amebocyte engulfed the bacteria and destroyed them.
- Horseshoe crab blood contains an amebocyte used in medical testing.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of AMEBOCYTE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with AMEBOCYTE
1 longer words begin with AMEBOCYTE.
Shorter words from the letters in AMEBOCYTE
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Common questions about AMEBOCYTE
- Is AMEBOCYTE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts AMEBOCYTE, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is AMEBOCYTE worth?
- AMEBOCYTE is worth 18 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does AMEBOCYTE mean?
- A cell that moves about the body like an amoeba, found in many invertebrates.
- What letters can be added to AMEBOCYTE?
- AMEBOCYTE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of AMEBOCYTE:
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