ATYPIC is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. ATYPIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ATYPIC?
| 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 ATYPIC is to know. It scores 13 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ATYPIC
No single letter turns ATYPIC into another word.
How ATYPIC scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in ATYPIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 306,598.
What does ATYPIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
rare
Not typical; not following the usual pattern of its kind.
Atypic is a short and uncommon form built from the Greek prefix for "not" and the word typic. Scientists and doctors use it for a specimen, symptom or behaviour that does not fit the normal pattern. In ordinary writing the longer form atypical is far more usual, and atypic mostly appears in technical papers and word lists.
How ATYPIC is used
Rare; the longer atypical is preferred in almost all writing.
- The doctor called the reaction atypic.
- It was an atypic case of a common disease.
- The atypic cells were examined under the microscope.
- Her atypic behaviour surprised the whole team.
- The report described an atypic form of the flower.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ATYPIC and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ATYPIC
4 longer words begin with ATYPIC.
Shorter words from the letters in ATYPIC
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Common questions about ATYPIC
- Is ATYPIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ATYPIC, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ATYPIC worth?
- ATYPIC is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ATYPIC mean?
- Not typical; not following the usual pattern of its kind.
- What letters can be added to ATYPIC?
- No single letter can be added to ATYPIC to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of ATYPIC:
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