CYCLOPS is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. CYCLOPS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CYCLOPS?
| 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: 49 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CYCLOPS is to know. It scores 16 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 3.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CYCLOPS
No single letter turns CYCLOPS into another word.
How CYCLOPS scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in CYCLOPS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 2 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 31,265 thousand.
What stands out about CYCLOPS
- CYCLOPS gets by on a single vowel across 7 letters.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does CYCLOPS mean in Scrabble?
noun
A giant of Greek myth with a single eye in the middle of the forehead.
The best known cyclops is Polyphemus, whom Odysseus blinds in the Odyssey. In biology the same name is given to a small freshwater crustacean, again because of its single central eye.
How CYCLOPS is used
Used in mythology and fiction, and as the name of a genus of tiny freshwater copepods.
- Odysseus tricked the cyclops by calling himself Nobody.
- The cyclops hurled boulders after the departing ship.
- Under the microscope, the cyclops swam jerkily across the drop of pond water.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CYCLOPS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in CYCLOPS
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Common questions about CYCLOPS
- Is CYCLOPS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CYCLOPS, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CYCLOPS worth?
- CYCLOPS is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CYCLOPS mean?
- A giant of Greek myth with a single eye in the middle of the forehead.
- What letters can be added to CYCLOPS?
- No single letter can be added to CYCLOPS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of CYCLOPS:
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