ELYTRON is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. ELYTRON is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ELYTRON?
| 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: 48 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ELYTRON is to know. It scores 10 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ELYTRON
No single letter turns ELYTRON into another word.
How ELYTRON scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in ELYTRON, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 1 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 96,496.
What does ELYTRON mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
A hardened front wing of a beetle that serves as a protective case for the folded hind wings.
In a beetle each elytron is one half of a pair, and the two elytra meet along the back and shield the delicate flying wings underneath. They are lifted aside during flight, which is why a beetle seems to have a split shell.
How ELYTRON is used
The word elytron is a zoological term, and its plural is elytra.
- The beetle raised each elytron before opening its flight wings.
- A single elytron lay on the windowsill, shiny and green.
- Under the microscope the elytron showed fine parallel grooves.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ELYTRON and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in ELYTRON
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Common questions about ELYTRON
- Is ELYTRON valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ELYTRON, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ELYTRON worth?
- ELYTRON is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ELYTRON mean?
- A hardened front wing of a beetle that serves as a protective case for the folded hind wings.
- What letters can be added to ELYTRON?
- No single letter can be added to ELYTRON to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of ELYTRON:
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