ISOPYCNIC is a valid Scrabble word — 18 points
Yes. ISOPYCNIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 18 points in Scrabble and 21 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ISOPYCNIC?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ISOPYCNIC is to know. It scores 18 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ISOPYCNIC
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
isopycnicsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ISOPYCNIC scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in ISOPYCNIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| i | 2 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| c | 2 | 2 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ISOPYCNIC has to be built on the board across turns.
What does ISOPYCNIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Having the same density throughout, or connecting points where the density is equal.
The term turns up in oceanography and in laboratory separation work, where layers of equal density matter. A scientist who speaks of an isopycnic surface is mapping where one kind of water or solution stops and another begins.
How ISOPYCNIC is used
Found in physical science writing about density, ocean layers and centrifuge methods.
- The map shows an isopycnic line running through the cold deep water.
- Isopycnic centrifugation sorts particles by their density rather than their size.
- An isopycnic surface in the sea marks points of identical density.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ISOPYCNIC and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ISOPYCNIC
1 longer words begin with ISOPYCNIC.
Shorter words from the letters in ISOPYCNIC
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Common questions about ISOPYCNIC
- Is ISOPYCNIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ISOPYCNIC, where it scores 21 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ISOPYCNIC worth?
- ISOPYCNIC is worth 18 points in Scrabble and 21 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ISOPYCNIC mean?
- Having the same density throughout, or connecting points where the density is equal.
- What letters can be added to ISOPYCNIC?
- ISOPYCNIC takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of ISOPYCNIC:
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