DICTYOSTELE is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. DICTYOSTELE 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 DICTYOSTELE?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DICTYOSTELE is to know. It scores 17 from 11 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DICTYOSTELE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
dictyostelesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DICTYOSTELE scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in DICTYOSTELE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so DICTYOSTELE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does DICTYOSTELE mean in Scrabble?
noun
botanytechnical
A plant stem structure in which the vascular tissue is split into a network of separate strands around a central pith.
A dictyostele is typical of many ferns, where gaps left by leaf attachments break the central cylinder into pieces. Botanists compare it with simpler arrangements to trace how vascular systems evolved.
How DICTYOSTELE is used
Specialist botanical term.
- The fern stem showed a clear dictyostele under the microscope.
- In a dictyostele, leaf gaps overlap along the stem.
- Students drew the dictyostele and labelled the pith.
- The dictyostele is considered an advanced vascular form.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DICTYOSTELE and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with DICTYOSTELE
1 longer words begin with DICTYOSTELE.
Shorter words from the letters in DICTYOSTELE
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Common questions about DICTYOSTELE
- Is DICTYOSTELE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DICTYOSTELE, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DICTYOSTELE worth?
- DICTYOSTELE is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DICTYOSTELE mean?
- A plant stem structure in which the vascular tissue is split into a network of separate strands around a central pith.
- What letters can be added to DICTYOSTELE?
- DICTYOSTELE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of DICTYOSTELE:
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