CYTOLYTIC is a valid Scrabble word — 19 points
Yes. CYTOLYTIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 19 points in Scrabble and 20 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CYTOLYTIC?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CYTOLYTIC is to know. It scores 19 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CYTOLYTIC
No single letter turns CYTOLYTIC into another word.
How CYTOLYTIC scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in CYTOLYTIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 2 | 2 |
| y | 2 | 2 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CYTOLYTIC has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about CYTOLYTIC
- CYTOLYTIC 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 CYTOLYTIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
medical
Able to break down or destroy living cells, or relating to such destruction.
Immunologists describe certain white blood cells as cytolytic because they kill infected or cancerous cells. Some viruses and toxins also have a cytolytic effect on tissue.
How CYTOLYTIC is used
Cytolytic is a laboratory and medical term, often paired with cell, virus or toxin.
- The cytolytic T cells attacked the infected tissue.
- The toxin has a strong cytolytic effect.
- Researchers measured cytolytic activity in the sample.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CYTOLYTIC and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in CYTOLYTIC
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Common questions about CYTOLYTIC
- Is CYTOLYTIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CYTOLYTIC, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CYTOLYTIC worth?
- CYTOLYTIC is worth 19 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CYTOLYTIC mean?
- Able to break down or destroy living cells, or relating to such destruction.
- What letters can be added to CYTOLYTIC?
- No single letter can be added to CYTOLYTIC to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of CYTOLYTIC:
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