AMYLIC is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. AMYLIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept AMYLIC?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
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| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful AMYLIC is to know. It scores 13 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for AMYLIC
No single letter turns AMYLIC into another word.
How AMYLIC scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in AMYLIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 459,897.
What does AMYLIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
chemistry
Relating to or derived from amyl, a group of five carbon atoms found in certain organic compounds.
Chemists once used amylic as a handy label for substances built on the amyl group, as in amylic alcohol or amylic ether. The word is built from amyl, which in turn comes from the Greek and Latin names for starch. In modern writing the more exact names of the compounds are preferred, so amylic is now seen mainly in older chemical texts.
How AMYLIC is used
Technical and dated; appears in older chemistry books and in word lists.
- The manual described an amylic alcohol with a sharp smell.
- An amylic compound was added to the mixture.
- The old textbook lists several amylic ethers.
- He read about the amylic fermentation of sugars.
- The laboratory shelf held a bottle marked amylic.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of AMYLIC and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in AMYLIC
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Common questions about AMYLIC
- Is AMYLIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts AMYLIC, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is AMYLIC worth?
- AMYLIC is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does AMYLIC mean?
- Relating to or derived from amyl, a group of five carbon atoms found in certain organic compounds.
- What letters can be added to AMYLIC?
- No single letter can be added to AMYLIC to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of AMYLIC:
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