HETEROCYST is a valid Scrabble word — 18 points
Yes. HETEROCYST is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 18 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HETEROCYST?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HETEROCYST is to know. It scores 18 from 10 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HETEROCYST
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
heterocystsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How HETEROCYST scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in HETEROCYST, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so HETEROCYST has to be built on the board across turns.
What does HETEROCYST mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A larger, thick-walled cell in the filaments of some blue-green algae where nitrogen is fixed.
Each heterocyst looks different from its neighbours under a microscope and sits at intervals along the chain. It shields the nitrogen-fixing process from oxygen.
How HETEROCYST is used
The word heterocyst is used in microbiology and botany when describing cyanobacteria.
- The heterocyst appeared as a pale, swollen cell in the filament.
- Nitrogen fixation takes place inside the heterocyst.
- Students counted each heterocyst on the stained slide.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HETEROCYST and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with HETEROCYST
2 longer words begin with HETEROCYST.
Shorter words from the letters in HETEROCYST
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Common questions about HETEROCYST
- Is HETEROCYST valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HETEROCYST, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HETEROCYST worth?
- HETEROCYST is worth 18 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HETEROCYST mean?
- A larger, thick-walled cell in the filaments of some blue-green algae where nitrogen is fixed.
- What letters can be added to HETEROCYST?
- HETEROCYST takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of HETEROCYST:
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