HYLIC is valid in Collins, not in North America — 13 points
It depends on the list you play by. HYLIC is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 13 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept HYLIC?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HYLIC is to know. It scores 13 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 3.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HYLIC
Front hooks — 1
phylicBack hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How HYLIC scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in HYLIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 261,415.
What does HYLIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
rarehistorical
Of or relating to matter; material and corporeal rather than spiritual.
The word comes from the Greek hyle, meaning wood or matter, and ancient Gnostic writers used it to name the lowest of three classes of people, ruled by the body rather than by spirit. It stood in contrast with psychic, tied to the soul, and pneumatic, tied to the divine spirit. A hylic nature, in that old scheme, was seen as trapped in bodily appetite and incapable of higher understanding. The term now appears almost only in studies of Gnosticism and ancient philosophy.
How HYLIC is used
Rare outside academic writing on Gnosticism and ancient philosophy; not encountered in everyday speech.
- The teacher explained that a hylic soul was thought to be governed by matter alone.
- Ancient Gnostic texts divide humanity into hylic, psychic and pneumatic classes.
- A hylic influence, in this old sense, pulls the mind toward the physical world.
- The lecture on Gnosticism used hylic to mean bound entirely to bodily matter.
- Compared with the pneumatic ideal, the hylic state was seen as the lowest.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HYLIC and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with HYLIC
4 longer words begin with HYLIC.
Words ending in HYLIC
3 words end in HYLIC. Useful as a back hook: play HYLIC onto a word already on the board.
Shorter words from the letters in HYLIC
Common questions about HYLIC
- Is HYLIC valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and HYLIC is not in it.
- How many points is HYLIC worth?
- HYLIC is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HYLIC mean?
- Of or relating to matter; material and corporeal rather than spiritual.
- What letters can be added to HYLIC?
- HYLIC takes 1 hook: 1 in front and 0 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of HYLIC:
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