EPIBOLIC is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. EPIBOLIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept EPIBOLIC?
| 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: 40 / 100
Our own measure of how useful EPIBOLIC is to know. It scores 14 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for EPIBOLIC
No single letter turns EPIBOLIC into another word.
How EPIBOLIC scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in EPIBOLIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 1 | 12 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so EPIBOLIC has to be built on the board across turns.
What does EPIBOLIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Relating to epiboly, the spreading of a sheet of cells over and around other cells in an embryo.
Epibolic movement is one stage in the way an early embryo changes shape. Developmental biologists watch it in fish and frog eggs, where one layer slowly wraps another.
How EPIBOLIC is used
Used in embryology for cell movements that spread over a surface.
- The epibolic spreading of cells covers the yolk.
- An epibolic process shapes the early embryo.
- They filmed the epibolic stage in a zebrafish egg.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of EPIBOLIC and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in EPIBOLIC
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Common questions about EPIBOLIC
- Is EPIBOLIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts EPIBOLIC, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is EPIBOLIC worth?
- EPIBOLIC is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does EPIBOLIC mean?
- Relating to epiboly, the spreading of a sheet of cells over and around other cells in an embryo.
- What letters can be added to EPIBOLIC?
- No single letter can be added to EPIBOLIC to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of EPIBOLIC:
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