CYCLO is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. CYCLO is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CYCLO?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CYCLO is to know. It scores 12 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 3.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CYCLO
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
cyclosChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CYCLO scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in CYCLO, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 2 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,176 thousand.
What does CYCLO mean in Scrabble?
noun
regional
A three-wheeled pedal vehicle used as a passenger taxi, common in parts of Southeast Asia.
A cyclo is a pedicab in which the driver sits behind the passenger seat and pedals the whole vehicle forward, a design widely seen on the streets of Vietnamese and Cambodian cities. Unlike a standard rickshaw pulled or pedalled from in front, the cyclo places the passenger ahead of the driver, giving an unobstructed view of the road. Cyclos were once the main form of short-distance transport in cities such as Hanoi and Phnom Penh before motor traffic largely displaced them. Today a cyclo survives mostly as a tourist attraction in the old quarters of these cities.
How CYCLO is used
Used in travel writing and regional English for the pedal-taxi common in Vietnam and Cambodia.
- We hired a cyclo to take us through the old quarter.
- The driver pedalled the cyclo slowly along the crowded street.
- Tourists lined up for a cyclo ride past the market.
- Motorbikes have mostly replaced the cyclo in the busy capital.
- He photographed a row of parked cyclo drivers waiting for passengers.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CYCLO and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CYCLO
Showing 24 of 117 words that begin with CYCLO.
Words with CYCLO inside
Showing 24 of 32 words that contain CYCLO somewhere in the middle. Words that start with CYCLO are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in CYCLO
Common questions about CYCLO
- Is CYCLO valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CYCLO, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CYCLO worth?
- CYCLO is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CYCLO mean?
- A three-wheeled pedal vehicle used as a passenger taxi, common in parts of Southeast Asia.
- What letters can be added to CYCLO?
- CYCLO takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of CYCLO:
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