EPITAXY is a valid Scrabble word — 19 points
Yes. EPITAXY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 19 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept EPITAXY?
| 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: 58 / 100
Our own measure of how useful EPITAXY is to know. It scores 19 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for EPITAXY
No single letter turns EPITAXY into another word.
How EPITAXY scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in EPITAXY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 1 | 12 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| x | 1 | 1 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 686,195.
What does EPITAXY mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
The growth of a thin crystal layer on a crystal base so that the new layer copies the orientation of the base.
Epitaxy matters because modern chips and LEDs rely on very pure layers laid down one atom at a time. Engineers choose a base crystal whose spacing closely matches the film.
How EPITAXY is used
Epitaxy is a technical term from materials science and electronics.
- Epitaxy lets engineers build layers only a few atoms thick.
- The laboratory studied epitaxy on silicon wafers.
- Defects in the film usually come from poor epitaxy.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of EPITAXY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in EPITAXY
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Common questions about EPITAXY
- Is EPITAXY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts EPITAXY, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is EPITAXY worth?
- EPITAXY is worth 19 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does EPITAXY mean?
- The growth of a thin crystal layer on a crystal base so that the new layer copies the orientation of the base.
- What letters can be added to EPITAXY?
- No single letter can be added to EPITAXY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of EPITAXY:
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