BICYCLIC is a valid Scrabble word — 19 points
Yes. BICYCLIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 19 points in Scrabble and 23 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BICYCLIC?
| 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: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BICYCLIC is to know. It scores 19 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BICYCLIC
No single letter turns BICYCLIC into another word.
How BICYCLIC scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in BICYCLIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| c | 3 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
The Scrabble bag does not hold enough of these letters. BICYCLIC needs 1 blank tile.
What does BICYCLIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Having two joined rings of atoms in its molecule.
In chemistry a bicyclic compound shares one or more atoms between two rings, as in naphthalene. The word can also describe anything formed by two circles or cycles. It should not be confused with a bicycle.
How BICYCLIC is used
Used in chemistry and biology.
- Camphor has a bicyclic structure.
- The bicyclic molecule is unusually stable.
- Chemists classified the drug as a bicyclic amine.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BICYCLIC and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BICYCLIC
1 longer words begin with BICYCLIC.
Shorter words from the letters in BICYCLIC
Common questions about BICYCLIC
- Is BICYCLIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BICYCLIC, where it scores 23 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BICYCLIC worth?
- BICYCLIC is worth 19 points in Scrabble and 23 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BICYCLIC mean?
- Having two joined rings of atoms in its molecule.
- What letters can be added to BICYCLIC?
- No single letter can be added to BICYCLIC to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of BICYCLIC:
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