AMYLOLYTIC is a valid Scrabble word — 20 points
Yes. AMYLOLYTIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 20 points in Scrabble and 22 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept AMYLOLYTIC?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful AMYLOLYTIC is to know. It scores 20 from 10 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for AMYLOLYTIC
No single letter turns AMYLOLYTIC into another word.
How AMYLOLYTIC scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in AMYLOLYTIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| y | 2 | 2 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so AMYLOLYTIC has to be built on the board across turns.
What does AMYLOLYTIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Able to break starch down into sugars, as certain enzymes do.
Saliva and malt both contain amylolytic enzymes, which is why bread turns sweet if you chew it long enough. Brewers value the amylolytic power of malt for turning grain starch into fermentable sugar.
How AMYLOLYTIC is used
Biochemistry, brewing and food science.
- Amylolytic enzymes in saliva begin digesting starch.
- The malt has strong amylolytic activity.
- They measured the amylolytic action of the extract.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of AMYLOLYTIC and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in AMYLOLYTIC
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Common questions about AMYLOLYTIC
- Is AMYLOLYTIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts AMYLOLYTIC, where it scores 22 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is AMYLOLYTIC worth?
- AMYLOLYTIC is worth 20 points in Scrabble and 22 points in Words with Friends.
- What does AMYLOLYTIC mean?
- Able to break starch down into sugars, as certain enzymes do.
- What letters can be added to AMYLOLYTIC?
- No single letter can be added to AMYLOLYTIC to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of AMYLOLYTIC:
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