DICLINY is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. DICLINY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DICLINY?
| 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: 49 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DICLINY is to know. It scores 13 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DICLINY
No single letter turns DICLINY into another word.
How DICLINY scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in DICLINY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,158 thousand.
What does DICLINY mean in Scrabble?
noun
technicalbotany
The condition of a plant having its stamens and pistils in separate flowers.
In dicliny, male and female parts sit on different flowers, so pollen has to travel from one bloom to another. Botanists contrast it with plants whose single flowers carry both parts, and maize is a familiar example.
How DICLINY is used
Dicliny is a specialist botanical term and appears mainly in plant science texts.
- Dicliny is common in oaks and maize.
- The textbook explained dicliny with drawings of separate flowers.
- Because of dicliny, a lone flower cannot pollinate itself.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DICLINY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in DICLINY
Common questions about DICLINY
- Is DICLINY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DICLINY, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DICLINY worth?
- DICLINY is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DICLINY mean?
- The condition of a plant having its stamens and pistils in separate flowers.
- What letters can be added to DICLINY?
- No single letter can be added to DICLINY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of DICLINY:
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