ASTROCYTIC is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. ASTROCYTIC 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 ASTROCYTIC?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
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| 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: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ASTROCYTIC is to know. It scores 17 from 10 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ASTROCYTIC
No single letter turns ASTROCYTIC into another word.
How ASTROCYTIC scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in ASTROCYTIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| c | 2 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ASTROCYTIC has to be built on the board across turns.
What does ASTROCYTIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
medical
Relating to astrocytes, the star-shaped support cells of the brain and spinal cord.
Neuroscientists speak of astrocytic activity when studying how the nervous system is nourished and protected. In pathology reports, an astrocytic tumour is one that arises from these cells.
How ASTROCYTIC is used
A technical word from neuroscience and pathology.
- The scan showed astrocytic swelling near the injury.
- Researchers measured astrocytic signals in the mouse brain.
- An astrocytic tumour grows from the star-shaped cells of the brain.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ASTROCYTIC and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ASTROCYTIC
The 10 tiles of ASTROCYTIC in a different order — 1 found.
Shorter words from the letters in ASTROCYTIC
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Common questions about ASTROCYTIC
- Is ASTROCYTIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ASTROCYTIC, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ASTROCYTIC worth?
- ASTROCYTIC is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ASTROCYTIC mean?
- Relating to astrocytes, the star-shaped support cells of the brain and spinal cord.
- What letters can be added to ASTROCYTIC?
- No single letter can be added to ASTROCYTIC to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of ASTROCYTIC:
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