ECDYSON is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. ECDYSON is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ECDYSON?
| 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: 56 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ECDYSON is to know. It scores 13 from 7 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ECDYSON
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ECDYSON scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in ECDYSON, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 1 | 12 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 434,233.
What does ECDYSON mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A steroid hormone that triggers moulting in insects and other arthropods.
Ecdyson is released at set points in a growing insect and tells its body to shed the old skin. The longer spelling is more usual in textbooks, but this form turns up in word lists.
How ECDYSON is used
A biochemical term, mostly in entomology and physiology.
- A pulse of ecdyson started the moult.
- Researchers injected ecdyson into the larvae.
- Without ecdyson the caterpillar could not pupate.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ECDYSON and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ECDYSON
3 longer words begin with ECDYSON.
Shorter words from the letters in ECDYSON
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Common questions about ECDYSON
- Is ECDYSON valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ECDYSON, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ECDYSON worth?
- ECDYSON is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ECDYSON mean?
- A steroid hormone that triggers moulting in insects and other arthropods.
- What letters can be added to ECDYSON?
- ECDYSON takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of ECDYSON:
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