ECTOTROPHIC is a valid Scrabble word — 20 points
Yes. ECTOTROPHIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 20 points in Scrabble and 22 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ECTOTROPHIC?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ECTOTROPHIC is to know. It scores 20 from 11 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ECTOTROPHIC
No single letter turns ECTOTROPHIC into another word.
How ECTOTROPHIC scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in ECTOTROPHIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 1 | 12 |
| c | 2 | 2 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ECTOTROPHIC has to be built on the board across turns.
What does ECTOTROPHIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
botanytechnical
Describing a root fungus that forms a sheath on the outside of the root rather than inside its cells.
An ectotrophic mycorrhiza wraps the root tip in a dense mat of fungal threads and swaps soil nutrients for sugars from the tree. It is typical of many forest trees, including pines and oaks.
How ECTOTROPHIC is used
A specialist term in plant biology and forestry.
- Pine roots often form an ectotrophic association with fungi.
- The ectotrophic fungus covered the root tips in white threads.
- Botanists contrast ectotrophic and endotrophic mycorrhizas.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ECTOTROPHIC and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in ECTOTROPHIC
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Common questions about ECTOTROPHIC
- Is ECTOTROPHIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ECTOTROPHIC, where it scores 22 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ECTOTROPHIC worth?
- ECTOTROPHIC is worth 20 points in Scrabble and 22 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ECTOTROPHIC mean?
- Describing a root fungus that forms a sheath on the outside of the root rather than inside its cells.
- What letters can be added to ECTOTROPHIC?
- No single letter can be added to ECTOTROPHIC to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of ECTOTROPHIC:
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