BIOCYCLE is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. BIOCYCLE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 20 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BIOCYCLE?
| 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: 45 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BIOCYCLE is to know. It scores 17 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BIOCYCLE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
biocyclesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BIOCYCLE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in BIOCYCLE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| c | 2 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so BIOCYCLE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does BIOCYCLE mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
The route by which chemical elements and energy circulate through living things and their surroundings.
Ecologists use biocycle for the loops in which matter passes from soil and air into organisms and back again. The word stresses the circular journey rather than any single species. It sits close to the idea of a nutrient cycle.
How BIOCYCLE is used
Biocycle appears mainly in ecology and environmental science writing.
- The study traced how carbon moves through the forest biocycle.
- Each biocycle depends on both living and non-living parts of an ecosystem.
- A damaged biocycle can leave a lake short of essential nutrients.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BIOCYCLE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BIOCYCLE
1 longer words begin with BIOCYCLE.
Shorter words from the letters in BIOCYCLE
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Common questions about BIOCYCLE
- Is BIOCYCLE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BIOCYCLE, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BIOCYCLE worth?
- BIOCYCLE is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BIOCYCLE mean?
- The route by which chemical elements and energy circulate through living things and their surroundings.
- What letters can be added to BIOCYCLE?
- BIOCYCLE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of BIOCYCLE:
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