CARYOPSIS is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. CARYOPSIS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CARYOPSIS?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CARYOPSIS is to know. It scores 16 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CARYOPSIS
No single letter turns CARYOPSIS into another word.
How CARYOPSIS scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in CARYOPSIS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CARYOPSIS has to be built on the board across turns.
What does CARYOPSIS mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
A small dry fruit of grasses in which the seed coat is fused to the fruit wall.
A caryopsis looks like a single seed, but botanically it is the whole fruit. Wheat, rice and maize grains are familiar examples of a caryopsis.
How CARYOPSIS is used
Used in botany for the grain of cereals and other grasses.
- Each grain of wheat is a caryopsis.
- The caryopsis does not split open when it ripens.
- Botanists described the caryopsis of the wild grass in detail.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CARYOPSIS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in CARYOPSIS
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Common questions about CARYOPSIS
- Is CARYOPSIS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CARYOPSIS, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CARYOPSIS worth?
- CARYOPSIS is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CARYOPSIS mean?
- A small dry fruit of grasses in which the seed coat is fused to the fruit wall.
- What letters can be added to CARYOPSIS?
- No single letter can be added to CARYOPSIS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of CARYOPSIS:
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