HYSTERETIC is a valid Scrabble word — 18 points
Yes. HYSTERETIC 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 HYSTERETIC?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HYSTERETIC is to know. It scores 18 from 10 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HYSTERETIC
No single letter turns HYSTERETIC into another word.
How HYSTERETIC scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in HYSTERETIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so HYSTERETIC has to be built on the board across turns.
What does HYSTERETIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Relating to hysteresis, the lag of an effect behind its cause.
A hysteretic material, such as a magnet, responds to a force in a way that depends on its past. The hysteretic loop on a graph shows that delay.
How HYSTERETIC is used
The word hysteretic is used in physics and engineering, not in everyday talk.
- The steel showed hysteretic behaviour under repeated loading.
- A hysteretic curve is drawn as a closed loop.
- Engineers modelled the hysteretic response of the magnet.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HYSTERETIC and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with HYSTERETIC
1 longer words begin with HYSTERETIC.
Shorter words from the letters in HYSTERETIC
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Common questions about HYSTERETIC
- Is HYSTERETIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HYSTERETIC, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HYSTERETIC worth?
- HYSTERETIC is worth 18 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HYSTERETIC mean?
- Relating to hysteresis, the lag of an effect behind its cause.
- What letters can be added to HYSTERETIC?
- No single letter can be added to HYSTERETIC to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of HYSTERETIC:
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