CYANITIC is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. CYANITIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CYANITIC?
| 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: 40 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CYANITIC is to know. It scores 15 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CYANITIC
No single letter turns CYANITIC into another word.
How CYANITIC scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in CYANITIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 2 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CYANITIC has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about CYANITIC
- CYANITIC begins and ends with the same letter.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does CYANITIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Containing or resembling kyanite, a blue aluminium silicate mineral.
A cyanitic rock is one in which the blue blades of kyanite are visible. Geologists use the word for schists and gneisses formed under high pressure. It is a narrow term that seldom appears outside mineral descriptions.
How CYANITIC is used
Cyanitic is used in geology to describe rocks rich in kyanite.
- The cyanitic schist showed streaks of sky-blue crystal.
- They sampled a cyanitic outcrop on the ridge.
- A cyanitic gneiss formed deep in the crust.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CYANITIC and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in CYANITIC
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Common questions about CYANITIC
- Is CYANITIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CYANITIC, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CYANITIC worth?
- CYANITIC is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CYANITIC mean?
- Containing or resembling kyanite, a blue aluminium silicate mineral.
- What letters can be added to CYANITIC?
- No single letter can be added to CYANITIC to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of CYANITIC:
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