DICYCLY is a valid Scrabble word — 18 points
Yes. DICYCLY 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 DICYCLY?
| 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: 51 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DICYCLY is to know. It scores 18 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 3.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DICYCLY
No single letter turns DICYCLY into another word.
How DICYCLY scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in DICYCLY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 2 | 2 |
| y | 2 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 111,164 thousand.
What stands out about DICYCLY
- DICYCLY gets by on a single vowel across 7 letters.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does DICYCLY mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
The state of having the flower parts arranged in two whorls or rings.
In botany, dicycly describes a flower whose petals and sepals form two separate circles. It is a narrow technical term from plant structure.
How DICYCLY is used
Dicycly is used only in specialist botanical description.
- The botanist noted the dicycly of the small flower.
- Dicycly distinguishes this family from its neighbours.
- A textbook diagram explained dicycly clearly.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DICYCLY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in DICYCLY
Common questions about DICYCLY
- Is DICYCLY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DICYCLY, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DICYCLY worth?
- DICYCLY is worth 18 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DICYCLY mean?
- The state of having the flower parts arranged in two whorls or rings.
- What letters can be added to DICYCLY?
- No single letter can be added to DICYCLY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of DICYCLY:
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