ENDOCYTOSIS is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. ENDOCYTOSIS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ENDOCYTOSIS?
| 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: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ENDOCYTOSIS is to know. It scores 17 from 11 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ENDOCYTOSIS
No single letter turns ENDOCYTOSIS into another word.
How ENDOCYTOSIS scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in ENDOCYTOSIS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 1 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ENDOCYTOSIS has to be built on the board across turns.
What does ENDOCYTOSIS mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A process in which a cell takes in material by folding its membrane around it to form a bubble.
Through endocytosis a cell can swallow large particles or fluid that could not cross the membrane directly. The reverse process, which expels material, is called exocytosis.
How ENDOCYTOSIS is used
Endocytosis is a biology term, found in textbooks and research.
- Immune cells engulf bacteria by endocytosis.
- The textbook diagram shows endocytosis in four stages.
- Some viruses enter the cell through endocytosis.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ENDOCYTOSIS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ENDOCYTOSIS
1 longer words begin with ENDOCYTOSIS.
Shorter words from the letters in ENDOCYTOSIS
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Common questions about ENDOCYTOSIS
- Is ENDOCYTOSIS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ENDOCYTOSIS, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ENDOCYTOSIS worth?
- ENDOCYTOSIS is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ENDOCYTOSIS mean?
- A process in which a cell takes in material by folding its membrane around it to form a bubble.
- What letters can be added to ENDOCYTOSIS?
- No single letter can be added to ENDOCYTOSIS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of ENDOCYTOSIS:
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