HYENIC is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. HYENIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HYENIC?
| 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 HYENIC is to know. It scores 14 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HYENIC
No single letter turns HYENIC into another word.
How HYENIC scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in HYENIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 229,948.
What does HYENIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
rare
Relating to or resembling a hyena.
Writers reach for hyenic when they want to borrow the scavenging, cackling character of the animal for a person or a sound. It is far less common than simply saying hyena-like.
How HYENIC is used
Hyenic is a literary or technical adjective rather than an everyday one.
- The crowd let out a hyenic laugh.
- Zoologists described the hyenic skull as short and powerful.
- His hyenic grin made everyone uneasy.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HYENIC and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in HYENIC
Common questions about HYENIC
- Is HYENIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HYENIC, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HYENIC worth?
- HYENIC is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HYENIC mean?
- Relating to or resembling a hyena.
- What letters can be added to HYENIC?
- No single letter can be added to HYENIC to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of HYENIC:
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