EPIPHYTIC is a valid Scrabble word — 21 points
Yes. EPIPHYTIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 21 points in Scrabble and 22 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept EPIPHYTIC?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful EPIPHYTIC is to know. It scores 21 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for EPIPHYTIC
No single letter turns EPIPHYTIC into another word.
How EPIPHYTIC scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in EPIPHYTIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 1 | 12 |
| p | 2 | 2 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so EPIPHYTIC has to be built on the board across turns.
What does EPIPHYTIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
botany
Growing on the surface of another plant for support, rather than feeding from it.
Epiphytic plants, such as many orchids and ferns, sit on branches and gather moisture from the air and rain. The word is about where a plant lives, not about stealing from its host as a parasite does.
How EPIPHYTIC is used
Epiphytic is a botanical term used in descriptions of rainforest plants, mosses and lichens.
- Epiphytic orchids cling to the high branches of the rainforest trees.
- The old oak was covered in epiphytic ferns and mosses.
- Unlike a parasite, an epiphytic plant takes no nourishment from its host.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of EPIPHYTIC and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with EPIPHYTIC
2 longer words begin with EPIPHYTIC.
Shorter words from the letters in EPIPHYTIC
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Common questions about EPIPHYTIC
- Is EPIPHYTIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts EPIPHYTIC, where it scores 22 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is EPIPHYTIC worth?
- EPIPHYTIC is worth 21 points in Scrabble and 22 points in Words with Friends.
- What does EPIPHYTIC mean?
- Growing on the surface of another plant for support, rather than feeding from it.
- What letters can be added to EPIPHYTIC?
- No single letter can be added to EPIPHYTIC to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of EPIPHYTIC:
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