EPICYCLIC is a valid Scrabble word — 20 points
Yes. EPICYCLIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 20 points in Scrabble and 24 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept EPICYCLIC?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful EPICYCLIC is to know. It scores 20 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for EPICYCLIC
No single letter turns EPICYCLIC into another word.
How EPICYCLIC scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in EPICYCLIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 1 | 12 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| c | 3 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
The Scrabble bag does not hold enough of these letters. EPICYCLIC needs 1 blank tile.
What does EPICYCLIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Relating to an epicycle, a small circle whose centre travels around the edge of a larger one.
Epicyclic motion shows up in old astronomy, where planets were thought to loop along small circles, and in machinery. An epicyclic gear train has planet gears that orbit a central sun gear.
How EPICYCLIC is used
Epicyclic is used in astronomy history and in mechanical engineering, notably for gear trains.
- Ptolemy explained retrograde planets with epicyclic paths.
- The hub contains an epicyclic gearbox.
- An epicyclic design lets the gears share the load.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of EPICYCLIC and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with EPICYCLIC
1 longer words begin with EPICYCLIC.
Shorter words from the letters in EPICYCLIC
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Common questions about EPICYCLIC
- Is EPICYCLIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts EPICYCLIC, where it scores 24 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is EPICYCLIC worth?
- EPICYCLIC is worth 20 points in Scrabble and 24 points in Words with Friends.
- What does EPICYCLIC mean?
- Relating to an epicycle, a small circle whose centre travels around the edge of a larger one.
- What letters can be added to EPICYCLIC?
- No single letter can be added to EPICYCLIC to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of EPICYCLIC:
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