CYNIC is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. CYNIC 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 CYNIC?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CYNIC is to know. It scores 12 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CYNIC
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
cynicsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CYNIC scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in CYNIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 2 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 697,107.
What stands out about CYNIC
- CYNIC 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 CYNIC mean in Scrabble?
noun
A person who believes that people act only from self-interest and distrusts sincerity or good motives.
A cynic assumes the worst about human motives, treating kindness, generosity or idealism as a mask for selfishness rather than as genuine feeling. The term cynic first described a school of ancient Greek philosophers who rejected wealth, comfort and social convention in favour of a simple, virtuous life, and only later shifted to its modern, more negative sense of habitual distrust. A cynic today is more often criticised for pessimism than admired for philosophy. The related adjective cynical describes the attitude itself rather than the person who holds it.
How CYNIC is used
Common in everyday speech to describe someone distrustful of sincerity or motives, distinct from its original philosophical sense.
- Only a cynic would doubt that the donation was sincere.
- He had become a cynic after years of broken promises.
- The critic's review read like the words of a tired cynic.
- She refused to let a few disappointments turn her into a cynic.
- The term cynic first described a school of ancient Greek philosophers.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CYNIC and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CYNIC
7 longer words begin with CYNIC.
Words with CYNIC inside
2 words contain CYNIC in the middle. Words that start with CYNIC are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in CYNIC
Common questions about CYNIC
- Is CYNIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CYNIC, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CYNIC worth?
- CYNIC is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CYNIC mean?
- A person who believes that people act only from self-interest and distrusts sincerity or good motives.
- What letters can be added to CYNIC?
- CYNIC takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of CYNIC:
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