CYLIX is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. CYLIX is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CYLIX?
| 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: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CYLIX is to know. It scores 17 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 3.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CYLIX
No single letter turns CYLIX into another word.
How CYLIX scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in CYLIX, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| x | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 522,830.
What does CYLIX mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
A shallow, wide two-handled drinking cup used in ancient Greece, also spelled kylix.
A cylix was the standard shape for wine drinking at ancient Greek gatherings, wide and shallow enough that the painted scene inside the bowl became visible only as the wine was drunk down. Archaeologists prize surviving examples for the detailed paintings on their inner and outer surfaces.
How CYLIX is used
Mainly used in archaeology and art history when discussing ancient Greek pottery.
- The museum displayed a painted cylix from the fifth century BC.
- Wine was passed round in a shallow cylix at the banquet.
- Archaeologists reassembled the broken cylix from dozens of fragments.
- The inside of the cylix showed a scene of a chariot race.
- Each guest drank from the same wide cylix at the feast.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CYLIX and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of CYLIX
The 5 tiles of CYLIX in a different order — 1 found.
Shorter words from the letters in CYLIX
Common questions about CYLIX
- Is CYLIX valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CYLIX, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CYLIX worth?
- CYLIX is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CYLIX mean?
- A shallow, wide two-handled drinking cup used in ancient Greece, also spelled kylix.
- What letters can be added to CYLIX?
- No single letter can be added to CYLIX to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of CYLIX:
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