GLYCONIC is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. GLYCONIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 20 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept GLYCONIC?
| 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: 42 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GLYCONIC is to know. It scores 16 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GLYCONIC
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
glyconicsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How GLYCONIC scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in GLYCONIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| c | 2 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so GLYCONIC has to be built on the board across turns.
What does GLYCONIC mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A line of classical Greek or Latin verse made of a spondee, a choriamb and a pyrrhic.
The glyconic is a flexible metre named after the poet Glykon. Sappho and Horace both used it, often in groups of lines.
How GLYCONIC is used
Used in classical scholarship and prosody.
- The ode opens with a glyconic.
- Each glyconic in the stanza ends on a short syllable.
- The student scanned the glyconic line by line.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GLYCONIC and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with GLYCONIC
1 longer words begin with GLYCONIC.
Shorter words from the letters in GLYCONIC
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Common questions about GLYCONIC
- Is GLYCONIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GLYCONIC, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GLYCONIC worth?
- GLYCONIC is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GLYCONIC mean?
- A line of classical Greek or Latin verse made of a spondee, a choriamb and a pyrrhic.
- What letters can be added to GLYCONIC?
- GLYCONIC takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of GLYCONIC:
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