ISOTOPY is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. ISOTOPY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ISOTOPY?
| 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: 49 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ISOTOPY is to know. It scores 12 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ISOTOPY
No single letter turns ISOTOPY into another word.
How ISOTOPY scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in ISOTOPY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 661,688.
What does ISOTOPY mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A smooth, continuous deformation of one shape or mapping into another, studied in topology.
A topologist says two embeddings are related by isotopy when one can be slid into the other without any tearing or crossing. Knot theory leans on this idea to decide when two knots count as the same.
How ISOTOPY is used
The word isotopy is a specialist term of mathematics and is almost never met in everyday writing.
- The two curves are connected by an isotopy of the plane.
- An isotopy cannot pass one strand of a knot through another.
- The lecture began by defining isotopy for surfaces.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ISOTOPY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in ISOTOPY
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Common questions about ISOTOPY
- Is ISOTOPY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ISOTOPY, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ISOTOPY worth?
- ISOTOPY is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ISOTOPY mean?
- A smooth, continuous deformation of one shape or mapping into another, studied in topology.
- What letters can be added to ISOTOPY?
- No single letter can be added to ISOTOPY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of ISOTOPY:
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