INCUBATORY is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. INCUBATORY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 20 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept INCUBATORY?
| 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: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful INCUBATORY is to know. It scores 17 from 10 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for INCUBATORY
No single letter turns INCUBATORY into another word.
How INCUBATORY scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in INCUBATORY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so INCUBATORY has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about INCUBATORY
- All 10 letters of INCUBATORY are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does INCUBATORY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technicalrare
Serving for or connected with incubation.
An incubatory chamber keeps eggs or cultures at a steady warmth while they develop. The word is mostly met in laboratory and farming descriptions.
How INCUBATORY is used
Incubatory is a rare technical adjective, used for equipment or conditions of incubation.
- The lab kept samples in an incubatory cabinet.
- An incubatory temperature was held for three weeks.
- The hatchery described the incubatory stage in detail.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of INCUBATORY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in INCUBATORY
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Common questions about INCUBATORY
- Is INCUBATORY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts INCUBATORY, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is INCUBATORY worth?
- INCUBATORY is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does INCUBATORY mean?
- Serving for or connected with incubation.
- What letters can be added to INCUBATORY?
- No single letter can be added to INCUBATORY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of INCUBATORY:
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