HERMATYPIC is a valid Scrabble word — 22 points
Yes. HERMATYPIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 22 points in Scrabble and 23 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HERMATYPIC?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HERMATYPIC is to know. It scores 22 from 10 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HERMATYPIC
No single letter turns HERMATYPIC into another word.
How HERMATYPIC scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in HERMATYPIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so HERMATYPIC has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about HERMATYPIC
- All 10 letters of HERMATYPIC are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does HERMATYPIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technicalzoology
Describing corals that build reefs, usually with the help of algae living in their tissues.
Hermatypic corals lay down limestone skeletons quickly enough to form whole reefs, and they rely on algae for much of their food and energy. They need warm, clear, sunlit water, which is why they live in the tropics. Ahermatypic corals, by contrast, do not build reefs.
How HERMATYPIC is used
Used in marine biology and geology for reef-building corals.
- Hermatypic corals thrive in shallow tropical seas.
- The reef is made mainly of hermatypic species.
- Warming water can bleach hermatypic corals by driving out their algae.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HERMATYPIC and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in HERMATYPIC
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Common questions about HERMATYPIC
- Is HERMATYPIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HERMATYPIC, where it scores 23 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HERMATYPIC worth?
- HERMATYPIC is worth 22 points in Scrabble and 23 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HERMATYPIC mean?
- Describing corals that build reefs, usually with the help of algae living in their tissues.
- What letters can be added to HERMATYPIC?
- No single letter can be added to HERMATYPIC to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of HERMATYPIC:
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