CYLINDRIC is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. CYLINDRIC 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 CYLINDRIC?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CYLINDRIC is to know. It scores 17 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CYLINDRIC
No single letter turns CYLINDRIC into another word.
How CYLINDRIC scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in CYLINDRIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 2 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CYLINDRIC has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about CYLINDRIC
- CYLINDRIC 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 CYLINDRIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Having the form of a cylinder, with straight parallel sides and a round cross-section.
Cylindric is the shorter, less common sibling of cylindrical, and it appears mostly in scientific or mathematical writing. A pipe, a can or a tree trunk can be cylindric. In everyday speech cylindrical is the usual choice.
How CYLINDRIC is used
Cylindric is found in technical descriptions and older texts, more often than in daily speech.
- The vase had a tall cylindric body.
- A cylindric tube carried the water to the tank.
- Botanists describe the stem as cylindric.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CYLINDRIC and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CYLINDRIC
6 longer words begin with CYLINDRIC.
Shorter words from the letters in CYLINDRIC
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Common questions about CYLINDRIC
- Is CYLINDRIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CYLINDRIC, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CYLINDRIC worth?
- CYLINDRIC is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CYLINDRIC mean?
- Having the form of a cylinder, with straight parallel sides and a round cross-section.
- What letters can be added to CYLINDRIC?
- No single letter can be added to CYLINDRIC to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of CYLINDRIC:
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