CYSTOLITH is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. CYSTOLITH is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CYSTOLITH?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CYSTOLITH is to know. It scores 17 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CYSTOLITH
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
cystolithsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CYSTOLITH scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in CYSTOLITH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CYSTOLITH has to be built on the board across turns.
What does CYSTOLITH mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
A hard knob of calcium carbonate that grows inward from the wall of a plant cell.
A cystolith forms in the leaf skin of certain plants, including nettles and figs, and shows up under a microscope as a small white club. Botanists use the presence of a cystolith to help identify plant families. The word is also, much more rarely, used in medicine for a bladder stone.
How CYSTOLITH is used
Cystolith is a botanical term used in plant anatomy.
- Under the microscope each cystolith looked like a tiny white bead.
- The fig leaf contains a large cystolith in some cells.
- The students sketched a cystolith from the nettle leaf.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CYSTOLITH and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of CYSTOLITH
The 9 tiles of CYSTOLITH in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with CYSTOLITH
3 longer words begin with CYSTOLITH.
Shorter words from the letters in CYSTOLITH
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Common questions about CYSTOLITH
- Is CYSTOLITH valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CYSTOLITH, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CYSTOLITH worth?
- CYSTOLITH is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CYSTOLITH mean?
- A hard knob of calcium carbonate that grows inward from the wall of a plant cell.
- What letters can be added to CYSTOLITH?
- CYSTOLITH takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of CYSTOLITH:
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