ECTASIS is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. ECTASIS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ECTASIS?
| 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: 48 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ECTASIS is to know. It scores 9 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ECTASIS
No single letter turns ECTASIS into another word.
How ECTASIS scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in ECTASIS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 1 | 12 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 228,732.
What does ECTASIS mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
The abnormal widening or stretching of a hollow organ or vessel, or in prosody the lengthening of a short syllable.
In medicine ectasis appears inside compounds such as bronchiectasis, where it names the widening itself. Scholars of verse use it for a different effect, where a syllable normally short is spoken long.
How ECTASIS is used
Ectasis is rare outside medical texts and discussions of classical metre.
- The scan showed ectasis of the small airways.
- Ectasis of a vein can be caused by chronic pressure.
- The poet relies on ectasis to stretch the vowel at the line end.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ECTASIS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ECTASIS
The 7 tiles of ECTASIS in a different order — 1 found.
Shorter words from the letters in ECTASIS
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Common questions about ECTASIS
- Is ECTASIS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ECTASIS, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ECTASIS worth?
- ECTASIS is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ECTASIS mean?
- The abnormal widening or stretching of a hollow organ or vessel, or in prosody the lengthening of a short syllable.
- What letters can be added to ECTASIS?
- No single letter can be added to ECTASIS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of ECTASIS:
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