GYNOECIUM is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. GYNOECIUM is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 21 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept GYNOECIUM?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GYNOECIUM is to know. It scores 17 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GYNOECIUM
No single letter turns GYNOECIUM into another word.
How GYNOECIUM scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in GYNOECIUM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so GYNOECIUM has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about GYNOECIUM
- All 9 letters of GYNOECIUM are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does GYNOECIUM mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
The female part of a flower, made up of one or more carpels that hold the ovules.
The gynoecium sits at the centre of the flower and usually surrounds the stamens, the male parts. Botanists describe it as the sum of all the pistils in a bloom. After pollination it develops into the fruit.
How GYNOECIUM is used
Used in botany lessons and flower descriptions; the form gynecium is also found.
- The gynoecium of the lily has three fused carpels.
- Students labelled the gynoecium in their flower diagram.
- Pollen must reach the gynoecium for seeds to form.
- In this species the gynoecium rises above the petals.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GYNOECIUM and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in GYNOECIUM
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Common questions about GYNOECIUM
- Is GYNOECIUM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GYNOECIUM, where it scores 21 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GYNOECIUM worth?
- GYNOECIUM is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 21 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GYNOECIUM mean?
- The female part of a flower, made up of one or more carpels that hold the ovules.
- What letters can be added to GYNOECIUM?
- No single letter can be added to GYNOECIUM to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of GYNOECIUM:
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