CYTOPATHIC is a valid Scrabble word — 22 points
Yes. CYTOPATHIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 22 points in Scrabble and 23 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CYTOPATHIC?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CYTOPATHIC is to know. It scores 22 from 10 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CYTOPATHIC
No single letter turns CYTOPATHIC into another word.
How CYTOPATHIC scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in CYTOPATHIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 2 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CYTOPATHIC has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about CYTOPATHIC
- CYTOPATHIC 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 CYTOPATHIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
medicaltechnical
Causing visible damage or abnormal change to cells.
Virologists watch for a cytopathic effect when a virus infects a cell culture, because the cells round up, shrink or burst. A cytopathic change seen under the microscope can be the first sign that a virus is growing.
How CYTOPATHIC is used
Cytopathic usually modifies the word effect, as in cytopathic effect, in pathology and virology texts.
- The virus produced a clear cytopathic effect within two days.
- Technicians noted cytopathic changes in the cultured cells.
- A cytopathic strain destroys the cells it infects.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CYTOPATHIC and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of CYTOPATHIC
The 10 tiles of CYTOPATHIC in a different order — 1 found.
Shorter words from the letters in CYTOPATHIC
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Common questions about CYTOPATHIC
- Is CYTOPATHIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CYTOPATHIC, where it scores 23 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CYTOPATHIC worth?
- CYTOPATHIC is worth 22 points in Scrabble and 23 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CYTOPATHIC mean?
- Causing visible damage or abnormal change to cells.
- What letters can be added to CYTOPATHIC?
- No single letter can be added to CYTOPATHIC to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of CYTOPATHIC:
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