EPINASTY is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. EPINASTY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept EPINASTY?
| 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: 40 / 100
Our own measure of how useful EPINASTY is to know. It scores 13 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for EPINASTY
No single letter turns EPINASTY into another word.
How EPINASTY scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in EPINASTY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 1 | 12 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so EPINASTY has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about EPINASTY
- All 8 letters of EPINASTY are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does EPINASTY mean in Scrabble?
noun
botanytechnical
Faster growth on the upper surface of a leaf or plant part, causing it to bend downward.
Epinasty is a response to chemicals and stress, and drooping tomato leaves after flooding are a familiar case. Plant physiologists link it to the hormone ethylene. It differs from simple wilting because the leaf bends through growth, not loss of water.
How EPINASTY is used
Used in plant physiology.
- Epinasty made the leaves curl downward after the roots were flooded.
- The researcher measured epinasty in the treated seedlings.
- Ethylene is known to cause epinasty in tomato plants.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of EPINASTY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in EPINASTY
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Common questions about EPINASTY
- Is EPINASTY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts EPINASTY, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is EPINASTY worth?
- EPINASTY is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does EPINASTY mean?
- Faster growth on the upper surface of a leaf or plant part, causing it to bend downward.
- What letters can be added to EPINASTY?
- No single letter can be added to EPINASTY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of EPINASTY:
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