DICTYOSOME is a valid Scrabble word — 18 points
Yes. DICTYOSOME is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 18 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DICTYOSOME?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DICTYOSOME is to know. It scores 18 from 10 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DICTYOSOME
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
dictyosomesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DICTYOSOME scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in DICTYOSOME, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so DICTYOSOME has to be built on the board across turns.
What does DICTYOSOME mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A stack of flattened membrane sacs inside a cell, forming one unit of the Golgi apparatus.
In plant cells the Golgi apparatus is split into many separate dictyosomes scattered through the cytoplasm. Each dictyosome packages and sends out proteins and cell wall materials.
How DICTYOSOME is used
A cell biology term used mainly of plants.
- Under the microscope each dictyosome looked like a pile of plates.
- The dictyosome releases small vesicles at its edge.
- Plant cells hold dozens of dictyosomes.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DICTYOSOME and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with DICTYOSOME
1 longer words begin with DICTYOSOME.
Shorter words from the letters in DICTYOSOME
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Common questions about DICTYOSOME
- Is DICTYOSOME valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DICTYOSOME, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DICTYOSOME worth?
- DICTYOSOME is worth 18 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DICTYOSOME mean?
- A stack of flattened membrane sacs inside a cell, forming one unit of the Golgi apparatus.
- What letters can be added to DICTYOSOME?
- DICTYOSOME takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of DICTYOSOME:
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