EPIGYNY is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. EPIGYNY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept EPIGYNY?
| 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: 53 / 100
Our own measure of how useful EPIGYNY is to know. It scores 16 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for EPIGYNY
No single letter turns EPIGYNY into another word.
How EPIGYNY scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in EPIGYNY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 1 | 12 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| y | 2 | 2 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 4,117 thousand.
What does EPIGYNY mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
A flower structure in which the ovary is enclosed by the receptacle and the other floral parts grow above it.
Epigyny is a botanical term that helps separate plants like apples and daisies from plants whose ovary sits freely above the petals. Botanists treat it as a useful clue when classifying plant families.
How EPIGYNY is used
Used in botany textbooks when describing how a flower is built.
- Epigyny is common in the daisy family.
- The student sketched a cross-section to show epigyny.
- In epigyny the petals and stamens appear above the ovary.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of EPIGYNY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in EPIGYNY
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Common questions about EPIGYNY
- Is EPIGYNY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts EPIGYNY, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is EPIGYNY worth?
- EPIGYNY is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does EPIGYNY mean?
- A flower structure in which the ovary is enclosed by the receptacle and the other floral parts grow above it.
- What letters can be added to EPIGYNY?
- No single letter can be added to EPIGYNY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of EPIGYNY:
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