HYPNIC is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. HYPNIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HYPNIC?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HYPNIC is to know. It scores 16 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 3.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HYPNIC
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
hypnicsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How HYPNIC scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in HYPNIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,380 thousand.
What stands out about HYPNIC
- HYPNIC gets by on a single vowel across 6 letters.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does HYPNIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
raremedical
Relating to sleep or inducing sleep.
The best-known use is the hypnic jerk, the sudden twitch that sometimes jolts people as they drop off. As a noun, an old medical sense meant a sleep-inducing drug.
How HYPNIC is used
Technical; seen mostly in the phrase hypnic jerk.
- A hypnic jerk woke him just as he fell asleep.
- The doctor wrote about hypnic states between waking and sleep.
- Old texts list a hypnic herb to help with insomnia.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HYPNIC and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with HYPNIC
1 longer words begin with HYPNIC.
Shorter words from the letters in HYPNIC
Common questions about HYPNIC
- Is HYPNIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HYPNIC, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HYPNIC worth?
- HYPNIC is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HYPNIC mean?
- Relating to sleep or inducing sleep.
- What letters can be added to HYPNIC?
- HYPNIC takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of HYPNIC:
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