CYTOSTATIC is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. CYTOSTATIC 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 CYTOSTATIC?
| 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 CYTOSTATIC is to know. It scores 17 from 10 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CYTOSTATIC
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
cytostaticsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CYTOSTATIC scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in CYTOSTATIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 2 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| t | 3 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CYTOSTATIC has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about CYTOSTATIC
- CYTOSTATIC 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 CYTOSTATIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
medical
Inhibiting or slowing the growth and division of cells.
A cytostatic agent halts cells from multiplying without necessarily killing them, which separates it from a cytotoxic one. Cancer treatment is the best-known setting. The word also works as a noun for such a drug.
How CYTOSTATIC is used
Cytostatic is used in medicine and biology, often before drug, agent or effect.
- The cytostatic drug slowed the spread of the tumour.
- Some cytostatic agents block cell division at a single stage.
- The lab tested the cytostatic effect of the new compound.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CYTOSTATIC and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CYTOSTATIC
2 longer words begin with CYTOSTATIC.
Shorter words from the letters in CYTOSTATIC
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Common questions about CYTOSTATIC
- Is CYTOSTATIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CYTOSTATIC, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CYTOSTATIC worth?
- CYTOSTATIC is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CYTOSTATIC mean?
- Inhibiting or slowing the growth and division of cells.
- What letters can be added to CYTOSTATIC?
- CYTOSTATIC takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of CYTOSTATIC:
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